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Table of Contents
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01: Controller
02: Mission 1: Find the Radio Code
03: Mission 2: Find the Radio Room
04: Mission 3: Find Yusupov
05: Mission 4: Free Anna
06: Mission 5: Accompany Anna to the Radio Room
07: Mission 6: Find the Autopilot Unlocking Code.
08: Mission 7: Reach Anna in the Look-out Post
09: Mission 8: Find the Medicine Cabinet
10: Mission 9: Find Anischenko
11: Mission 10: Deactivate the Magnetic Field
12: Mission 11: Find the Antidote for Anna
13: Mission 12: Administer the Antidote to Anna
14: Mission 13: Find Kamsky's Laptop
15: Mission 14: Find the room with the C4
16: Mission 15: Get the C4 and place the charges in the right order
17: Documents
18: Unlockables
19: Legal Jargon
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CONTROLLER
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The default settings for the XBox Controller are as follows
RIGHT TRIGGER: shoot weapon
LEFT TRIGGER: aim
LEFT THUMBSTICK: move
RIGHT THUMBSTICK: aim weapon
LEFT THUMBSTICK BUTTON: crouch
RIGHT THUMBSTICK BUTTON: 3rd person aim
A BUTTON: hold to run
B BUTTON: action
X BUTTON: reload
Y BUTTON: cling to ledge or rail
WHITE BUTTON: change weapon
BLACK BUTTON: change weapon
D-PAD: quick inventory
**THIS GUIDE CONTAINS SPOILERS**
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Mission 1: Find the Radio Code
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Move forward and pick up the NOTE ABOUT AMUNITION CONSERVATION. Follow the
pathway forward and to the left to the center area of the boat. There are
several swinging crates to avoid.
Objective: Lansing is the one with the emergency radio code. He should be on
the front deck.
Head to the end of the deck, with the swinging crate, that is not on fire. Go
down the stairs on the opposite side of the ship that you entered on. Follow
the deck and avoid the waves. Watch out for the resistance soldier. Pass him
and enter the hallway. The first door on the right is locked from the inside.
Shoot the electrical box to unlock the next door.
Objective: I have to find a way of putting out this fire!
Inside two resistance soldiers will attack. Take them out and enter the first
door on the left. The light goes out, but you can use your aim button to
activate a flashlight on your gun and look around. Nothing here. Go back to the
hallway. Enter the next door on the left, check out the dead monkey and the
medkit. In the door on the right is another resistance soldier. You can take
him out and pick up some pistol ammo. Go back. Turn the blue wheel to turn on
the sprinklers and put out the fire. Go to where the fire blocked your path
before and enter the next open door. Check the corpse and pick up the NOTE
ABOUT THE ARMORY. Restock your ammo if needed. Go Back. Outside read A NOTE
ABOUT ELECTRICAL BOXES.
Enter the door at the top of the stairs. The first door on the right is locked.
Enter the second door on the right and pick up A PAGE FROM YUSUPOV'S DIARY. Go
back. Check out the door at the end of the hallway.
Objective: I have to find an e-key to open the armored door to the main upper
bridge.
The farthest left door is also locked, so enter the door marked with a red
cross. There are medkits if you need them. Go back down the stairs and through
the door. Go down the stairs to the portside cold rooms. Most of the doors are
jammed due to the water pressure. Near the corpse pick up the UPPER DECK KEY,
and watch out for the corpse. The door at the top of the small staircase is
missing a handle. So head back up stairs. Use the key to open the door.
Turn left and enter the showers. Shoot the resistance soldier and the dead
soldiers in the head. Search the bodies for ammo. Go back. Enter the crew's
quarters that are across from the entrance to the hall. Take out the two
resistance soldiers inside, and use the other doors to enter the kitchen. Watch
out for the falling body, exit through the other door to the Galley. Approach
the fire.
Objective: There must be a valve to activate the sprinkler system.
Duh! Turn the blue valve. Watch out for the resistance soldier who runs
straight through the fire. Exit through the door on the other side of the
hallway and exit outside.
Turn right and search the body and pick up A NOTE ABOUT BARRELS. Turn around
and follow the catwalk across the ship. Take out the two attacking resistance
soldiers and search their bodies for ammo. Go down the stairs and take out the
soldier at the bottom. Make your way around crates at the bottom of the stairs
to the double doors. Enter them and take out the soldier inside. Use the MEDKIT
if needed and search him for ammo. Go back. There is a swinging pulley nearby.
Run past it and into the storeroom. Pick up A NOTE ABOUT FIRE EXTINGUISHERS. Go
back the way you came. Back on the deck make your way around the crates to the
opposite side of the ship and into the single door to the dormitory.
In the barracks, check out the first corpse and A PAGE FROM DR. KAMSKY'S DIARY
on the first end table. Sounds like you need to shoot all of these guys in the
head. Pick up the medkit if needed and continue forward to the toilet. You've
found Lansing, but something has found you. Shoot it and shoot the heads of any
soldiers. Exit through the door you came in. Save if you want.
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Mission 2: Find the Radio Room
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Outside the resistance is fighting off the exocels. It's best to just shoot
them in the head. You can also shoot them to knock them down and then quickly
shoot them in the head. Go back to the room where you got the note about fire
extinguishers, and kill the exocel and dying soldiers there. Pick up the AK47
and shoot the exocel who attacks. Exit through the opposite door. Watch a
resistance soldier quickly duck in to a nearby room. Pass him for now. Head
through he passage that the fire blocked before and stop by the armory to fill
up on ammo. Go up the stairs, and an exocel will break out of one of the rooms.
Take it out and head through the door at the end of the hall. Turn right and go
through the sprinklers and up the stairs. The door is locked
Objective: I have to find the e-key to access the catwalk to the radio room.
Remember the note about electrical boxes? Maybe we can go down stairs and find
Corporal Legai's key. Go down to the flooded portside cold storage area. Go up
the stairs and try to open the door.
Objective: I have to find a handwheel to open the flooded part of the main
deck.
Go back to where you saw the soldier duck into a room. Be careful of the fire
extinguisher and shoot him. Pick up the medkit if needed and the HANDWHEEL for
the fish hold door. Go down the stairs. Use the wheel on the door and save if
needed. Read A NOTE ABOUT THE RED FUEL VALVES. On the lower level, pick up the
RADIO ROOM KEY from near the dead Orca. Watch out for the exocels who hatch.
Destroy them.
Objective: Now to the radio room via the crew quarters.
Go back and up the stairs, through the small door and up the other stairs. An
exocel will break out of one of the rooms. Dispatch him and continue on through
the door. Dispatch the waiting exocels, and walk through the sprinklers. Go up
the stairs and through the door on the right side of the screen. Take out the
two attacking exocels. Pick up the ammo and enter the first door in the room to
your left from where you entered. Try to use the radio.
Objectives: I have to find Yusupov in the rear deck shed.
Exit through the other door and take out the exocel. Read A LETTER ABOUT THE
SPEARS. Exit the bridge through the same door you entered. Make your way down
the stairs and out the door to the front deck. There are many exocels and
resistance fighters here. Take them out and then enter the room where you found
the note on fire extinguishers. Exit through the opposite door. Turn around and
avoid the waves. Make your way past the exocels and along the deck. In the next
area there are several resistance fighters and exocels. Take them all out and
make your way up the stairs near the swinging crate that is on fire. Keep going
up the stairs and enter the room at the top. Listen to Yusupov.
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Mission 4: Free Anna
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Objectives: Yusupov has locked Anna in one of the holds on the main deck.
Objectives: I have to find the door to the rear deck. That's where I'll find
Anna.
An exocel will burst from Yusupov's chest. Pick up his diary and the speargun.
Exit the deck house. Go back down the stairs taking out any exocels. At the
bottom of the stairs turn around and go past the swinging crate that is on
fire. You can now unlock the door. Inside the starboard ladder, take out the
exocel and climb down the stairs. In the next room, continue forward and go
down the stairs. There are three dead exocels and many infector exocels. Take
out the bodies and then shoot the barrels under the infectors at the end of the
hall. When they are all burnt up, go to the end and pick up the PROPELLER SHAFT
ROOM KEY. There is a small staircase. Load up on any ammo you need, and then go
back down the small staircase. Enter the propeller shaft room
Shoot the soldier's body at the top of the stairs in the head. Pick up the
SHOTGUN. Take out the next attacking resistance soldier and make sure to shoot
him in the head. There is a control panel on the catwalk. Use it to activate
the catwalk bridge. Take out all of the attacking exocels. Use the red valves
and the barrels if needed. Pick up the MEDKIT before crossing the bridge if
needed. On the other side, take out the exocels and pick up the HANDWHEEL FOR
THE FISH HOLD DOOR. Shoot the electrical box locking the door at the top of the
stairs. Enter the engine room.
Pick up the AK47 ammo directly in front of you. Go around the engine room and
down the stairs again. This time go past the door to the propeller shaft room
and up the small stairs. Load up on ammo if needed, and use the wheel on the
engine room access door. In the engine room access, there are some infectors
and dead bodies. Destroy the heads and infector exocels and exit through the
next door. Shoot the dead soldiers in the head to keep them from re-animating
later.
Enter the first door that you came to for Cold Room 3. Inside pick up Yusupov's
Journal and some ammo if you need it. Exit back to the hall and enter Cold Room
4. Destroy the head of the corpse before it re-animates, pick up some ammo and
medkits if you need them. Go back to the hall and enter the small door at the
top of the stairs. Take out the attacking exocels and exit through the other
door of the catwalk. Wait before entering the water. The electrical box has
been re-activated, and the swinging live wire will touch the water. Wait until
it hits the water, and make a break for the opposite stairs. Kill the exocels
that are coming down the large stairs. Enter the armory and fill up your ammo.
Go back to the door you could hear Anna shouting from before.
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Mission 5: Accompany Anna to the radio room
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Objectives: I have to protect her. It's a matter of life and death!
Pick up the ammo, read A LETTER TO ANNA FROM KAMSKY, and pick up the medkit if
needed. Exit the cell. Take out the attacking exocel. Lead Anna through the
sprinklers. The armory explodes - no more easy ammo for you! Lead her up the
stairs and take out the attacking exocel. Make your way under the next
sprinklers and up to the radio room.
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Mission 6: Find the autopilot unlocking code
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Objective: Captain Lubenski has locked himself in a cold room. I have to find
him.
Objective: With Anna's code I'll be able to open the other door to the rear
deck
Exit the radio room and go down the stairs. Take out the two attacking exocels.
Exit out the door to the deck. Take out the attacking exocels. Make your way
across the catwalk and down the stairs. Take out more exocels, and enter the
Storeroom. Make your way around the deck, past the exocels and near the
swinging flaming crate. Enter the locked door to the pump control room that is
under the stairs.
Inside destroy the corpse and the many infector exocels who attack. Read A NOTE
ABOUT THE PUMPING STATION. Pull the lever to drain the cold storage rooms. Go
down the stairs and enter the door. Take out the attacking exocels. Go down the
staircase in the engine room, and the go up the small staircase. Load up on
ammo and enter the door there. Go past all of the dead bodies and through the
door at the end of the room.
Inside the cargo room many exocels are attacking the cartel. Shoot the
electrical box to cause the cargo to swing down and destroy the exocels. Also
shoot the barrels to burn up the dead bodies and exocels attacking. Destroy all
of the life in this room, and pick up the ammo etc. that you need. Exit through
the other door to the cold storage rooms. Enter the first room to your right,
but do not touch the electrical box.
Inside take out Lubenski on the floor and the body in the open pod nearby. Pick
up the medkit and the CAPTAINS QUARTERS KEY, and read A PAGE ABOUT MUTATIONS.
Also search the room for ammo if needed.
Objective: With the Captain's key. I'll be able to access the Captain's
quarters.
Search the next cold storage room and take out the exocel. Read A LETTER FROM
YUSUPOV ABOUT THE ANTIDOTE. Go back out into the hall and up the stairs. Go
through the single door and up the stairs. Pick up a medkit in the infirmary if
needed and exit through the door at the end of the hall. This time go to the
left - opposite of the sprinklers. Take out the exocel and enter the captain's
quarters. Look at the log on the captain's desk.
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Mission 7: Reach Anna in the look-out post
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Exit through the metal door in the captain's quarters. There is a body under
the stairs. Smash its head and pick up the ammo if needed. Head up the stairs
and many exocels attack. Shoot them and use the barrels to destroy them. Pick
up the ammo if needed and keep going up the stairs destroying them on your way.
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Mission 8: Find the medicine cabinet
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Objective: I have to find the sick bay: there's gotta be an antidote to this
shit!
Run around the left side of the dock and around the back side of the building.
Avoid the waves at all costs. When you've made it all the way around he
building, enter the doors to the dock elevator. Push the button and exit
through the gate with the smear towards the main drilling module. An exocel
will attack and burst in to flames. Wait for the flames to be put out by the
rain, and smash his head. Search it for a medkit. Continue forward, watch out
for the steam, and take out the next exocel. Enter the armory and fill up your
ammo. Enter the sickbay. Save if needed.
Objectives: To make contact with Bennet again, I'll have to find this
Anischenko.
Objectives: I need Anischenko's eye.
Inside, pick up the speargun, and read A NOTE ABOUT THE RETINAL SCAN. Exit.
Outside search the scientist's body for the Storeroom key. Follow the catwalk
straight ahead. Destroy the infected soldier and pick up the Shotgun. Continue
forward on the catwalk. Destroy the infected soldiers and kill the attacking
exocels. Enter the storeroom. Go around the whole area and destroy the heads
of any infected soldiers and exocels. Don't forget to check inside the shipping
crates. Climb up the stairs and pick up the GRENADE LAUNCHER, destroy the
infected soldier and push the button. Many exocels will arrive. Clear the area,
and exit through the doors near the crashed crane. Save if needed.
Take out the beast stalking the corridor first. Then enter the first door on
the right that leads to the radio room. Take out the soldiers and exocel. Read
A PAGE FROM DR. KAMSKY'S DIARY, and pick up the medkit if needed. Exit. Follow
the passage on the left and enter the first set of double doors on the right to
the laser mines shed. Pick up the ammo if needed. Enter the single door and
take out the exocels and cartel inside. Read A LETTER TO ANISCHENKO FROM
YUSUPOV, and pick up the medkit if needed. Exit back to the main hall. Head up
the large staircase and enter the door
At the top, head forward and left to the end of the passage, open the double
doors to the incinerator room. Take out all the creatures inside. You can use a
spear and the incinerator or just shoot them. Pick up the ammo and exit. Enter
the next door. Once inside the main security room, destroy the exocels and
infected soldiers first. Then at the desk near the door, read A NOTE ABOUT THE
FLAMETHROWER. Pick up the FLAMETHROWER from the first downed soldier. Search
the area for ammo. Climb up the stairs and read A NOTE ABOUT THE MAGNETIC
JAMMER. Exit again. You can hear the resistance soldiers fighting at the other
end of the hall. Join them taking out any infected soldiers along the way.
Clear the area.
There was a single door to the left. Enter it and take out the infected
soldiers pick up any medkits and ammo as you make your way to the door at the
other end. Once on the other side, avoid the flames and kill any exocels
activate the elevator and ride it to the top. Read A NOTE FROM ANISCHENKO ABOUT
BAKHAREV, also pick up the ammo available. There is a control room that you
cannot reach due to the broken steps that were below. There are some stairs you
can climb up, and then drop from their end to the roof of the control room.
Drop from the roof to the catwalk near the entrance to get inside. This will
activate the sprinklers.
Make your way back downstairs and enter the door you could not enter before due
to the flames. Once inside storage shed 1, climb up the stairs and pick up the
MP9. Make your way back through the drilling unit. Once in the main corridor
again, enter the main Heliport Module through the large door. Save if needed.
Use the rocking of the ship and the uneven terrain to make it under the laser
field. Kill all of the cartel members in the next area. Search Anischekno's
body and grab his eye.
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Mission 10: Deactivate the magnetic field
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Objective: I have to return to the main drilling module to find the magnetic
field control room where they're jamming all radio contact.
Check all of the bodies to make sure you've destroyed their heads and grabbed
any loot. Go back and past the laser field and any exocels in the heliport
access. Make your way back to the main security room and use the eye to open
the door. Inside, destroy the cartel members and read A NOTE ABOUT THE MAGNETIC
JAMMER. Destroy the three generators in the room, and take out the infector
exocels who attack. Go back to the main security room. Anna gets infected.
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Mission 11: Find the Antidote for Anna
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Objectives: The antidote must be in the scientific module
Kill the infector exocel who attacks as you approach the other exit. Pick up AN
ELEVATOR KEY. Make your way back to the lower corridor and down the large
stairs. Use the elevator key to activate the elevator. At the top destroy the
infected cartel member and read A PAGE FROM DR. KAMSKY'S DIARY. Push the button
to activate the elevator and then exit through the gate. Run across the catwalk
avoiding the waves. In the Rest Room, climb up the stairs and around the
barrels to a passage at the top catwalk. At the top destroy the heads of any
soldiers. Shoot the flammable barrel under the broken stairs to destroy the pod
of exocels. Drop down and search the area for anything useful. Approach the
door and you will fall through a hole and become infected again in the
technical basement. First shoot the electrical box to shock the infected
soldier who is pounding on the nearby fence. Destroy the infector exocel. There
are two passages out of the room. While facing the fenced area there is an exit
to the left, and one to the right. Go right
At the end of the long hall enter the security crew sleeping areas number 1, to
the left and read A MEMO TO YUSUPOV. Destroy the soldiers inside. Go back and
enter the staircase to the left. Run past the infectors and into the refectory.
Destroy the infected soldiers before the rise, and exit through the other door.
Destroy the exocels in the kitchen and enter the freezer. Inside the cold
storage room read A REPORT ABOUT CONTAMINATION. Go back to the kitchen and fall
down the hole. Make your way back up the left passage way. This time enter the
large doors on the left leading to the underwater elevator. Use the button to
activate the elevator and exit. Exit to the underwater tunnel. Kill the
invisible creature in the tunnel, and exit through the opposite side.
Objective: I'll find the antidote in Kamsky's Lab.
Follow the room around to the right and at the end of the hall enter lab 6.
Take out the exocels on the bridge and enter the door at the other end of the
catwalk. In the experimental chamber, read A PAGE ABOUT EXPERIMENTS. You cannot
activate the floor yet. Continue on to the mortuary. Take out the dead and
dying soldiers inside and enter Kamsky's lab. Kill the exocel on the table and
pick up the ANTIDOTE, any ammo needed and read A PAGE FROM DR. KAMSKY'S DIARY.
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Mission 12: Administer the antidote to Anna
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Objective: To get back to Anna, I have to take the elevator in the scientific
module.
Go back to the Morgue. A scientist has dropped the CODE FOR THE EXPERIMENTAL
CHAMBER PC. Pick it up and any health and ammo you need. Several invisible
creatures break out of the morgue units. Take them out and continue to the
experimental chamber. Destroy the exocels and use the code on the console. Fall
down below and continue to destroy and loot the area. Pick up any ammo and
health. Make your way around to the Laboratory Shed. Destroy anything with a
head, and kill the beast that is stalking the area. Make your way around to the
sprinkler valve and turn it on. You can now enter lab 6. There are two
invisible creatures in the water. Take them out and then destroy the two bodies
in the water also. Climb up to the catwalks on the other side of the room and
pick up the medkit if needed and ride the elevator to the top. Exit to the
lab's main elevator. Activate the elevator using the console in the center.
Enter Lab 3 and read A REPORT ABOUT THE EXOCEL LIFE CYCLE. Activate a laser to
destroy the exocels
Go back to the main elevator and enter Lab 5 destroy the two bodies inside.
Read A SCIENTIFIC LOG. Go back and enter the cryogenic room. Take out the
invisible exocels who escape from their pods. Read A NOTE ABOUT THE YELLOW
STEAM VALVES. Enter the decontamination room and cure Anna.
Objective: I have to find the scientific dormitory. Kamsky's laptop has to be
there.
Enter the decontamination room, and defeat your invisible foe. Exit using the
door in the back of the chamber. You're now back at the Lab's main elevator.
Exit through the large door and kill the exocels. Activate the bridge and kill
the attacking exocel. Aim at his large hand. Make your way across the bridge to
the dock elevator and out the door on the other side. Stop in the armory and
re-stock your ammo. Make your way along the catwalks of the main drilling
module and take out the exocels. Run through the storage warehouse. Make your
way to the elevator and up to the bridge, and across to the habitation module.
Once inside take out the big fisted exocel, by damaging his big fist.
Make your way up the stairs around the catwalk and back down through the hole.
Climb up the right ramp again. Enter the showers at the end of the hall to the
right. Crouch and enter the newly opened low vent. Find Kamsky's laptop.
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Mission 14: Find the room with the C4
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Objective: I have to get to the ammo warehouse to find the C4.
Take out the exocels who burst out of the lockers. Look around. You should be
able to find A LETTER FROM KAMSKY TO ANNA. Pick up any ammo that you need. Take
the elevator to the underwater tunnel, and through it to the Lab's main
elevator on the other side. Enter the door on the opposite side of the
elevator. Take out the exocels inside to deactivate the security system. Clear
the area of any infected people. On the other side of the room shoot the
electrical box. Then move back and shoot the fire extinguisher to destroy the
laser field.
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Mission 15: Get the C4 and place the charges in the right order
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Objective: I have to get the 3 charges of C4
Inside the ammo warehouse there are tons of beams and barrels. Just crouch
below the beams and around the barrels. Destroy the infected guard at the end
of the warehouse. Pick up the C4.
Objective: Place the first C4 Charge on the marker in the underwater tunnel
elevator.
There is an invisible monster who will attack. Be careful not to shoot any of
the barrels, but take him down. Make your way back to the maintenance room and
destroy the two exocels there. Listen to Anna. In the maintenance room access
some invisible exocels jump out of the lagoon. Take them out and continue
forward. Make your way to the underwater tunnel across the lab's main elevator.
Save. In the elevator, pick up the ammo from the infected soldiers and also
read PAGES FROM BAKHAREV'S DIARY. Place the C4, and run back through the
underwater tunnel.
Objective: Place the second charge on the marker in the scientific module
bridge control room.
Ride the elevator up and exit to the Bridge control room. Place the C4 and run
across the bridge and into the dock elevator.
Objective: Place the third charge on the marker in the upper corridor leading
to the heliport.
Exit the elevator and run across the main drilling platform catwalks. Stop by
the armory if you need ammo and the infirmary if you need health. Enter the
storeroom and deal with any exocels. Go to the bridge and open the door. Exit
to the lower corridor and destroy the exocels. Go around the corner and up the
stairs. Save if needed. Place the C4 and run to the heliport access and across
the bridge as it collapses. Enter the storage shed. Kill the exocel and make
your way up to the elevator.
At the top, Kill the beasts and destroy the bodies. Pick up any needed ammo and
health. Exit to the heliport and save your game if needed.
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Mission 15: Kill Kamsky
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Objective: I have to cover Anna until she gets to the chopper.
Keep Kamsky focused on you. Shoot him at the top of his back to get his
attention and avoid his charging attack. Just run perpendicular to his path. He
may try to stomp on you after charging at you so watch out. Keep him away from
Anna at all costs. Anna finishes setting the charges. Cover her while she
starts the helicopter.
Objective: I have to find a way of killing this monster at point blank range to
finish him off.
Kamsky has three attacks. He will run at you, stomp on you and then grab you.
Avoid the charging attack and the stomp. Let him grab you. Then follow the on
screen directions. (usually tab "B" repeatedly and then "R-Trigger") After 3
critical hits he's a gonner.
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Documents - directly from game
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Note about Ammunition Conservation
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General Order #16
Due to the platform's irregular supplies, we must conserve our munitions and
medkits as much as possible. Therefore:
1) Life-ammo training is now suspended pending new orders.
2) In a combat situation, it is vial that all soldiers look to their downed
comrades as potential sources of ammo or medkits. In the same interest of
economy, use body searches when really necessary.
3) Use the butt of your rifle in close combat situations; This will enable you
to gain the necessary distance to adjust your aim.
4) Some of your opponents will attempt to immobilize you. Do not simply empty
your clips; strike out at them to free yourself and shoot at point blank range;
this is generally highly effective.
-Anistchenko
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Note about the Armory
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General Order #12
Smoking in the armory is strictly forbidden. All types of munitions are stored
there, and some are particularly unstable. Moreover, in our environment, there
is a high probability of corrosion which makes the handling of ammunition an
even more delicate issue. You re reminded that tour facilities for dealing with
serious injury are extremely limited.
-Anistchenko
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A Page from Yusupov's Diary
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Our first encounters with the creatures we now call the exocels come roughly
two months after drilling commenced on the Star of Sakhalin platform. In fact,
I was already familiar with this platform: we used to us it as a port of call
when patrolling these hostile waters, and I was determined it would again be
deployed as part of our international operations. Whilst drilling had
effectively stopped some years before, this was not because the rig was
unprofitable - quiet the contrary! - it was because the spare parts often
needed were simply never delivered. The Russian state's private partners grew
weary of the whole affair. All I had to do was wait a couple of years to
repurchase it for scrap! At first, the Cartel was skeptical about the new
operation's success, and I made the necessary investments for its
recommissioning myself. The communication jammer, the plans for which had been
provided by former Red army brain Sergei Autarian, was remarkably effective: as
far as international "ears" were concerned, whether listening in on earth or
from space, there was nothing there but inhospitable ocean and the odd iceberg.
For the first 25 days, drilling was successful, as expected. And then, even
though our sonars confirmed the presence of a huge oil reserve, the pressure
started to drop.Suddenly the drill brought up several exocels that Anischenko
and hi men had great difficulty in overcoming. Two days later, we noticed more
specimens crawling up the platform's columns. I immediately gave Anischenko
order to capture some of them. That's when I saw my first contamination.
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A Note About Electrical Boxes
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Certificate of Death
Name: Cpl. Y. Legai
Cause of Death: Electrocution
Details:
According to witnesses, Corporal Legail had misplaced his electronic key while
on duty. Unable to reach his official post, he promptly fired at the electrical
control box on door 114, causing it to explode. Exposed live wiring
subsequently came into contact with a pool of water on the floor. The door
opened, however Cpl Legail was electrocuted.
No follow up necessary
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A Note About Barrels
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Colonel:
The standard regulations for storage of explosive chemicals are not being
followed, neither on our supply ships nor on the drilling platform itself. I
have even seen barrels lying about that are not tied down! I ask you to
exercise your authority to remedy this situation. I know that these barrels can
be extremely effective against our enemies, therefore, I would prefer to decide
on their positions with you. I will ensure that my men use them wisely.
-Anischekno
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A Note About Fire Extinguishers
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General Order #5
All soldiers are to be extremely cautious if exchanging gunfire in rooms
containing fire extinguishers. These devices contain highly compressed gas
which can cause explosions. You will be held responsible for any damage you
cause to the ship or your comrades.
-Anischenko
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A Page from Dr Kamsky's Diary
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Notes on Exocel Infection
We have deliberately infected and observed over 300 subjects, including dogs,
apes, orcas and human beings. Those subjects have been placed under permanent
biometric surveillance and dissected to accurately chart the growth of the
exocel organism and help us learn how to control the process.
Infection and change
The time it takes an infected individual to mutate depends on two factors: how
long it takes the exocel to get a tendril into the victim's brain, and the
infected body's natural resistance. At present, we have no way of knowing how
long the complete process takes for a given individual, since body mass, height
and age seem to be of little importance. Any individual infected by an exocel
should thus be given the antidote as quickly as possible. If no antidote is
available, the host's brain must be destroyed, and I mean destroyed, to prevent
the subject from becoming an active and potentially contaminating host. Indeed,
the exocel seems to be able to re-animate a brain that has been clinically dead
for several days.
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A Note About The Red Fuel Valves
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To: Major Anischenko
From: G. Gourov
Re: Red valves
Major, it has come to our attention that some of your men have been playing at
shooting the red valves off the fuel pipes. Not only does this lead to lengthy,
dangerous and costly repairs, it also causes a jet of burning gas to burst from
the broken valve. Two technicians have already been badly injured as a result.
Please order your men to cease this immediately.
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A Letter About the Spears
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From: Dr. Pavel Bakharev
To: Colonel Dmitriy Yusupov
Re: Experimental Speargun
As per your request, here is a manual on how the speargun works. Please note
that these are still experimental devices, and should only be used in the
greatest of emergencies. Also bear in mind that the production of the spears is
complex and costly; they must be used for their intended purpose, not as
ammunition against the creatures.
The spear gives off an enzymatic gas which attracts the contaminated organisms.
When released by impact, the exocel is fooled into thinking there is a large
source of protein nearby. The effect lasts until the enzyme vapor dissipates.
At the moment, we cannot sustain the vapor for more than a few seconds. I will
keep you informed of our latest progress.
-Pavel Bakharev
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Yusupov's Journal
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The Cartel is growing inpatient: the results promised by Kamsky's early reports
are a long time coming. And yet, we have installed new, fully re-equipped
laboratory facilities, and additional scientists have been "convinced" to
participate in the research.
Kamsky is becoming less cooperative; I get the impression he is hiding
something from us. But I am sure he would have mentioned any major
breakthrough. No, it must be something more personal.
When we carried out our initial experiments on monkeys, dogs, then whales,
despite the dangers and the loss of some of Anischenko's mercenaries, I sensed
Kamsky's enthusiasm through his lively discussions with Bakharev. Then we
started on humans, of which the Cartel seemed to have an inexhaustible supply.
The first forced contamination was the toughest for Kamsky. After that, he
gradually got used to it, and I would even surprise him at night observing the
exocels. In any case, the Cartel has no scruples about this. Their investments
run to tens of millions of dollars. Bakharev's prototypes alone come in at
150,000 dollars a piece!
And so when Anischenko told me what he had discovered by pirating Kamsky's
laptop, I could have killed him!
That is why I have taken Anna aside: she's the last ace up my sleeve, and I
will kill her without the slightest hesitation.
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Letter to Anna from Kamsky
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My Dearest Anna:
I have tried many times to write this letter, but I have always failed. I want
to tell you how sorry I am for the way in which my work has affected your life.
Since your mother died, I have put you through hell: endless moving, harsh
tutors, remote boarding schools.However, you know ho much my work means to me,
especially since our arrival on the Star of Sakhaline. I realize I have never
given you a normal childhood, but trust me, I will give you an extraordinary
life.
I love you very much.
Papa
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A Note About the Pumping Station
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Attention: Maintenance Crew
Maintenance work on the pumping system scheduled for December 14th has been
moved back to December 18th due to delays in getting replacement filters. Since
the risk of flooding is increased, you are advised against storing any
munitions or weapons in rooms whose doors could be blocked by pressure.
-Anischenko
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A Page About Mutations
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Mutation Notes:
One of the immediate effects of infestation by one or more exocels if that the
host body's biological organization and morphology begin to change to suit the
parasite's needs. Subjects no longer require sleep, and their higher cerebral
functions are reinforced. As their flesh is gradually devoured by the exocel,
their skin changes color and strange bulges appear which sometime rip the skin.
Infestation also triggers major physical modifications in the host, undoubtedly
to better protect the hosts, as their bodies become incredibly strong and
resistant to damage. Similar to the mechanism observed in cancer, infestation
entails a multiplication of cells and a spectacular increase in the volume of
muscles.
Mutation effects begin almost immediately upon infection. The first clinical
signs of mutagenic change occur within the first 3 minutes to just over 2
hours, with the average effects occurring after 26 minutes.
One third all subjects demonstrated and additional form of mutation. These
specimens develop tendrils, mainly on the upper chest, on the shoulders and on
the back of the neck. These tendrils appear to function independently of the
body to which they are attached, and to have their own center of locomotion.
Upon dissection they were found to contain sensory organs, primarily related to
smell and hearing. In some specimens, these tendrils were rudimentary and
barely reached one inch in length. In others they were more fully developed, up
to over a foot long.
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A Letter from Yusupov about the antidote
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Gentlemen:
I am delighted to inform you that Dr. Bakharev has succeeded in producing an
effective antidote, provided it is administered soon after infestation begins.
Indeed, it only works if a tendril has not reached the victim's brain.
According to Dr. Bakharev, the antidote encourages the secretion of a
particular enzyme along the spinal column that is lethal to the exocel.
However, once the tendril gets into the victim's brain, the antidote is
powerless. In parallel, Dr Kamsky is researching how to limit the exocel's
growth, and thus block the tendril's development. Dr. Kamsky has assured me
there will be significant results in the next three months, provided he
receives new specimens.
-Dmitriy
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A Note About The Retinal Scan
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General order #22
The magnetic field control room is now off limits to all unauthorized
personnel. The new security system in place incorporates a retinal scan lock.
As of this moment, only Colonel Yusupov and myself are cleared for entry.
-Anischenko
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A Page from Dr. Kamsky's Diary
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Scientific classification of the exocel is impossible because we have never
seen anything like it before. It is as if some alien creature had crawled up
from the depths, or some prehistoric survivor of ages long gone had awoken for
reasons yet unknown.
DNA testing on the multiple specimens indicates certain similarities to various
arthropods, but the link is tenuous at best. Traces of other DNA including
mammalian, have also been found, but the results have been maddeningly
inconsistent. Bakharev has advanced the notion that they are merely some sort
of deep-sea creature affected by the former government's practice of dumping
its nuclear waste at a nearby deepwater site. Yusupov takes such thoughts very
seriously, and I have often found him examining maps of the area with which he
claims to be familiar, having spent part of his career there. Perhaps he knows
things that I do not.
What we do know is this: exocels are perfectly adapted to underwater life,
capable of resisting enormous - and varying degrees - of pressure. Not like us
wretched humans.
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A Letter to Anischenko from Yusupov
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Yuri:
Congratulations on your assignment to the Star of Sakhalin. You know how much
faith I have in you since our shared posting in Afghanistan. In recent years,
you have been a valuable part of our organization, always making the right
decisions faced with our many problems. The Cartel recently informed me of its
complete satisfaction. I must stress that this new assignment is potentially
more dangerous than previous undertakings. Obviously, your compensation and
funding will be commensurate to the risks run. The orders are straightforward:
Guard the platform against any and all intruders. The star of Sakhalin is
radar-jammed(RX1004 JACKS), which should make matters easier. Do not hesitated
to "encourage" the scientists to work faster. The sooner they get it done, the
sooner you will receive your payment. I know you do not like having women(and
Anna IS a women) interfere in your work, but I have no choice in the matter.
When all this is finished, Boris' finest vodka is on me.
-Dimitriy
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A Note About the Flamethrower
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General Order #26
Practical flamethrower training will be given on the cargo dock tomorrow at
1400 hours. This training is designed to familiarize you with the use of this
weapon. One of the basic recommendations is to take great care when using the
flamethrower outdoors: the wind can deviate the flame, making it turn back on
you. All military personnel are required to attend.
-Anischenko.
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A Note About the Magnetic Jammer
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The RS1004 JACKS (Jammer And Communictions Killing System) operates by emitting
a continuously modulated spectrum of white noise on all radio frequencies. This
prevents any interception of internal communication.
The system also constantly scans for any signs of radar surveillance. When
communication with the outside is deemed necessary and if the surveillance
verification tests negative, a window is opened and communication is enabled.
Thus far, the JACKS has proved to be perfectly efficient.
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A Note from Anischenko about Bakharev
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Security Dossier:
Bakharev, Dr. Pavel
Security Clearence: Blue
Profile:
I have had a chance to check Bakharev's details. Nothing leads us to conclude
that he is not what he claims to be. DR. Kamsky has left me in no doubt as to
his scientific merit, Bakharev is reputed to be an expert scientist. The fact
that Bakharev knows Kamsky's daughter is quite fortuitous. In the biotechnology
field, it is well known that Bakharev holds Dr. Kamsky in very high esteem. In
this respect, he is not unlike many other specialists in the field. Bakharev
also did most of the recruiting of the additional scientists. His contracts
with the Cartel are indirect. Consequently, I do not believe he is a spy
working for them.
Please destroy after reading.
Anischenko.
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A Note About the Magnetic Jammer
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WARNING: Important information for optimum RS1004 JACKS operation.
For security reasons, three generators are used to maintain the system's
operational status: one generator connected to the platform's main power grid,
and two stand alone generators. Even in the event of a general failure, the
jammer thus remains functional. The system will fail to operate only if all
three generators are disconnected or destroyed.
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A Page from Dr. Kamsky's diary
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Certain specimens have manifested a form of asymmetrical development. In these
cases, the exocel produced mutations that were particularly resilient, powerful
and aggressive. Their skins grow so thick and resistant that they become
impervious to the hardest blows, and event to gunfire. However, certain body
parts of individuals who had undergone this type of mutation continued to react
normally to wounds; this mostly concerns the upper limbs, which become
particularly developed. Repeated blows to these body parts were shown to be
fatal. In addition, these specimens react strangely to bait spears: they become
hysterical and seek to destroy them at all costs.
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A Memo to Yusupov
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To: Col. Dimitriy Yusupov
Re: Platform Readiness
Subject: Progress of platform operations
All drilling operations have ceased. The laboratory facilities are now
operational and have been equipped according to Dr. Kamsky's instructions:
confinement cells, decontamination chambers, scanners and scanning electron
microscopes. The first specimens are onboard and the 20 scientists I have
recruited at your request will be here on Thursday. Anischenko has enabled the
communication jamming system, and all drilling crew members have been evacuated
(those aware of the presence of exocels have been "dealt with separately").
Work can now get underway.
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A Report About Contamination
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One of the reasons the exocels may have previously escaped detection is that
they demonstrate an occasional ability to blend in with their environment. In
at least one test subject 14-02, we have managed to amplify this phenomenon
after blocking the contamination process and extracting the exocel. The subject
quite literally became invisible, whereas infrared-enhanced viewing clearly
confirmed its presence. Otherwise, only a faint ripple or disturbance could be
seen when it moved. What fantastic uses could be made out of this!
Exocel behavior is quite simplistic. The extremity of their tendril is lined
with milimetric fangs that sink into their victim's skin. The exocel then uses
them to pump the victim's blood, thereby weakening him. This renders the victim
vulnerable to contamination since exocels are only able to infest a host that
is either weak or unconscious. Afterward, they enter the body through the
mouth. In some cases, they have been observed infesting dead bodies, though
this activity seems to be limited to corpses that have not suffered significant
structural damage or undergone extensive decomposition.
Contaminated human hosts, alive or dead, are immediately driven by the exocel's
urges to seek and destroy warm-blooded life. This serves two purposes: it feeds
the exocel's hosts, who frequently engage in acts of cannibalism, and provides
new potential hosts for other exocels. The mutations induced in their hosts
require tremendous amounts of protein, which means that the hosts are
constantly seeking fresh prey.
The secondary phase of exocel life, what we now call the "tumorous" phase in
which the exocels become "breeders", is extraordinarily difficult to destroy,
even though condemned to immobility. Only fire can effectively destroy these
forms of exocel. The "breeder" produces "contaminators" at a still undetermined
rate. The link between the "contaminators" and their "breeders" remains a
mystery, although it seems a contaminator will fight to the death to protect
its "parent".
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A Page about Experiments
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We have observed that the electric discharges have no effect on the exocels'
neuronal network. However once the exocel has taken control of a body, both the
exocel and its host are vulnerable to any source of electricity. In fact,
prolonged exposure to a strong electric charge results in death.
As a precaution, we have electrified the floors in the experimental chamber.
The system is only to be used in case of an extreme emergency.
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A Page from Dr. Kamsky's Diary
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I can't help thinking that these creatures have great potential. If we could
learn how to reproduce and harness the way they alter their hosts, the results
could be decisive. Yusupov wants me to create beasts, things that can be used
to kill. He fails to see how we could use the exocels to improve life!
Nevertheless, he has Anna, and this I am forced to obey - at lease for now. I
have been merging exocels with subjects - Yusupov has forced me to use humans
lately - and then trying to guide the mutations that result. I've made some
monsters for Yusupov. Let us see what I can make for myself.
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A Report About the Exocel Life Cycle
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Official report on the exocel's life cycle and reproduction
Dr. V.Kamsky and Dr.P.Bakharev
Extracts: There are two main phases to the exocel life cycle: reproduction and
contamination. To reproduce, the exocel transforms itself into what we now call
"breeders": stationary, organic structures of potentially considerable size,
basically shapeless and particularly repulsive in appearance. When the exocels
enter this phase, they find a safe, isolated location, usually high up, attach
themselves firmly to it with their tendrils, and immediately start growing. The
breeder starts hatching out new contaminators within 24 hours through an
asexual "budding" process.
Contaminators are small, fast and highly mobile. When attacked, they curl up
into what could be called a fetal position, exposing a hard external shell, but
which is quite soft and vulnerable on the inside. Their "mission" is to find a
host, infect it parasitically, and feed on if from the inside. It may need to
repeat the process several times, but eventually this produces an adult, mature
exocel, ready to settle down as a breeder and start producing more
contaminators.
Physically speaking, contaminators are weak. As a result, they can only
contaminate dead, dying or weakened hosts. Healthy, strong organisms can easily
fight them off. This explains why "hungry" exocels seek to weaken their prey
before contaminating it. Once the exocel has integrated its host - and up to 7
can share a single host - it effectively takes control of it by sending
"tendrils" up into the host's brain. Thus, to permanently eliminate an infected
host, its brain must be destroyed. In fact, the host's other body parts are all
but indestructible: muscle mass increases at a spectacular rate, and bruised or
injured tissue heals almost immediately.
As Prof. Nicolai Kastagnev explained during our last encounter, this process
requires large amounts of protein. Human protein is naturally preferred, since
it will be building human cells. As a precaution, the contaminators also shut
down their host's higher brain functions, essentially switching off the host's
personality. The body is left to defend itself and find food. Moreover, it
seems that during a more advanced stage in the mutation process, the
contaminators reactivate certain of their host's intellectual functions,
turning them to their advantage to perceive space, use tools, and even devise
and communicate strategies. One of the main, benefits of this is to facilitate
the search for new, potential hosts by attacking, wounding and killing other
healthy humans.
As indicated above, even bodies that are dead, but in otherwise good condition
and be "re-animated" by the exocels, which energize the host's nervous and
muscular systems. The tendril in the brain turns the corpse into an extension
of the exocel's body in a sort of monstrous symbiosis. Bodies frozen for months
or even years could conceivably be used in this fashion by the contaminators.
At a certain stage in the mutation, which varies according to individual hosts,
the process is reversed: the contaminators escape from the host's body, which
enters a rapid state of putrification. The same occurs when an exocel is
forcibly extracted from a body, usually by destroying the host's brain or by
burning it entirely.
Whilst we are learning more each day, our results are already highly promising.
Obviously the next stage is to control the whole process to obtain what we are
striving for. We remain confident.
-Viktor
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A Scientific Log
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Experimental Log - Subject Series G3
Experimental subject G3-01
Control subject (B. Cardunev). Was sedated the deliberately infected (forced
ingestion). Received no antidote. Showed first signs of metamorphosis within 20
minutes. Base phase of metamorphosis complete within two hours.
Symptoms: increased muscle mass, regeneration of tissue after injury,
modification of internal organs, excessive hunger for protein, shutdown of all
higher brain functions
Experimental Subject G3-02
Control subject (S.Fratiniev) No contamination. Received 20 mls of serum A9.
Side effect: mild thoracic skin rash.
Experimental Subject G3-03
Test subject (G.Petrov) Killed himself by repeatedly bashing his head against
the bars of his cell once infected. No date collected.
Experimental Subject G3-04
(B.Vidaletev) Subject was sedated and then contaminated by forced ingestion.
Received 20 mls of serum A9b. Visible mutations after 14 minutes, but did not
continue along expected track: mutation continued in asymmetrical pattern,
causing disproportionate development of the upper left limb. The contaminating
agent seems to have infected this limb and multiplied within it. Subject's
entire body showed great resistance, including exposure to fire. Only the left
arm showed any signs of vulnerability. Subject destroyed after 15 days of
observation: risk too great.
Experimental subject G3-05
(B.Carrayan). Subject was injected with 20 mls of serum A9, then put down.
Subject was infected posthumously. Exocel demonstrated its ability to re-vivify
corpses in otherwise good condition. Serum had no apparent effect.
Experimental Subject G3-06
(H.Abbash). Subject was sedated then contaminated by forced ingestion.
Injections 10 mls of serum A9b and 10 mls of A10 (neurotransmitter blocker).
Onset of mutation was delayed for 9 hours 32 minutes.
Symptoms: increased muscle mass, aggression, improved regenerative properties,
pigmentation alteration of skin and eyes, reduced higher brain activity,
especially cognitive functions. Dissection revealed a tendril along the spinal
column, but in a deteriorated form.
This could be the breakthrough we are looking for!
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A Note About the Yellow Steam Valves
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To: Major Anischenko
From: Maintenance unit
Re: Yellow valves
Major, While I appreciate the fact your mean have effectively ceased
vandalizing the read fuel pipe valves, I am most disappointed to learn that hey
have now turned their targets to the yellow steam pipe valves. These are, if
anything even more dangerous and troublesome to repair. I realize that labor
costs are not an issue here, however, I would prefer our men to serve the
interest of Kamsky's experiments rather than being burnt to death by jets of
hot vapor. Furthermore, the scientists run the risk of an accident at any
moment. Thank you.
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A Letter from Kamsky to Anna
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My dearest Anna:
What I promised you in my last letter is now coming about. The power within me
is greater that what I imaged in my wildest dreams. Still, I have the
impression that my metamorphosis is not yet complete. My arms are continuing to
develop. Soon, whoever approaches me will have to suffer the consequences of my
furious anger. Anna, at last I have found what I have been looking for: an
appointment with immortality. Come with me Anna, it's the most beautiful of all
Kingdoms. I have built it for you.Anna, my dear daughter.I feel so strong.I
must destroy the antidote.I don't want to go back where I came from.
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Pages from Bakharev's diary
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October 16
We have obtained excellent results with the latest strain of Viktor's serums.
However, while they are preventing the exocels from killing their hosts, the
poor souls continue to undergo hideous and painful mutations. The serum also
seems to speed up certain phases of the process. What we are creating here can
only be called monsters.
October 19
One of the experimental subjects is driving me mad. I don't understand why
Viktor insists on keeping his failures. This thing is constantly bellowing, and
climbing the walls and ceiling of its cell. It is a good thing that it hates
the light, otherwise it would be virtually uncontrollable. But the shouting -
it goes on all night. The sound of it chills my blood.
October 20
It stared at me all day in the lab. I could feel its eyes on me everywhere I
went. A.Carrev and L.Bartolovich have noticed my fear of it. Why won't Viktor
destroy it?
October 21
Today I caught that damnable creature trying to take apart its cell. I swear it
started smiling at me when I saw it. I forced it back into a corner with a
strong light before fetching a technician M. Pirev, to repair the damage. It
howled the entire time, as if to let me know that someday it will come for me.
October 22
It has apparently acquired new powers. I spent all day watching it, and to my
horror I discovered that its howling made all the lights in the entire
scientific module go out. Fortunately, the power was quickly re-established,
but it gave that hideous scream and the lights died again. I tried talking to
Viktor about it, but he would have none of it.
October 23
Today we infected the last of the prisoners Yusupov had brought in for use as
test subjects. Kamsky used an additional 20 centiliters of serum A4-12, but the
results look the same - uncontrolled asymmetrical mutation. I think these test
subjects will be put down. A.Briklov and B.Delbosky will do the necessary, as
usual. Viktor is furious. Like me, he feels that we are on the verge of a
breakthrough, and that only a few more subjects are needed. Whilst I do not
feel remorse, my sleep is haunted by terrible nightmares. Even if the test
subjects are dangerous criminals, they deserve better than this. I will be glad
to go back to working on apes and other lesser creatures.
October 29
One of Anischenko's men went missing today.
November 1
An experimental specimen vanished this morning. I do not mean that it escaped -
it vanished. All that could be seen was a slight disturbance in the air, like
some sort of heat mist. It is terrifying to think of the powers that we may be
unleashing here.
November 2
We have established beyond all doubt that the missing specimen is still in its
containment cell. Its aggression and insanity must have reached a threshold,
after which it started bashing itself against the walls of its confinement in
an attempt to escape. When it struck hard enough to injure itself, it faded
into view for a moment and tried to escape. Clearly injury renders it visible.
Is this the last trace of humanity?
November 3
We have taken to filling this specimen's chamber with a fine mist, which
enables us to better observe it. Its appearance is most strange. Death no
longer seems to be at work.
November 4
Two more guards, A.Barrov et B Martinev have disappeared. Anischenko is
accusing anyone and everyone. Viktor is strangely calm, arguing that they
probably got drunk and fell overboard. This is plausible - these mercenaries
crave only their weapons, alcohol and sex. And yet. Viktor's lack of concern is
disquieting. I wish I could believe him.
November 10
When I came into the lab in the morning, it was clear that someone had been
working there all night. I immediately suspected C.Combiev et D.Ferendenko, two
assistants I don't trust. I asked Viktor about it and he said I was imagining
things, that I had been working too hard. He was the last person in here in
whom I kept a little trust. I often think of my university friend D.Florianov;
I should have taken his advice.but it's too late now.
November 16
Yusupov left today aboard the whaling ship. He claimed he was going with
Lubenski to make sure they get some good specimens for the lab. I think he just
wants to get away from Viktor. At first, Yusupov had to use Anna as a hostage
to get Viktor to work for him. But now, Kamsky is more enthusiastic about it
than Yusupov. It is a strange reversal of roles.
Anna also went along of course. I find myself fearing for her safety. But
perhaps she is safer with Colonel Dimitri Yusupov than she is here.
November 20
Another mercenary F.Pierrov, has vanished. Anischenko is beside himself with
anger. He blames American spies: an old habit.
November 24
One of the exocel containment chambers is empty: we are now all in terrible
danger. Viktor seems unconcerned, claiming that the creature died so he threw
it overboard. I was furious. I told Viktor that if one of the creatures dies,
we have a scientific duty to study it to find out why. Two other researchers
O.Floretsky and J.Lorenev, agreed with me. But Viktor replied by saying he had
learned all he wanted from that specimen.
He also said that he had come up with a solution to the problem of not having
what he called "appropriate" subjects. He would say no more on the subject,
however, telling me that I should not worry myself with such details,
especially when the work on the antidote was going so well.
December 1
Two more mercenaries A.Delbev and T.Dessaiev are missing. Anischenko is
preparing for an assault. He recons there must be a breach in the magnetic
jamming. I think he is barking up the wrong tree.
December 3
We established radio contact with the whaler today. A storm is moving in,
making communication very difficult, however I'm sure I heard them say that
they though there were exocels on board. I felt my blood go cold. Anischenko
gave them orders to turn back, but there was no reply. They have not responded
to any of our calls since. I surprised myself praying for the souls of those
onboard, especially for Anna, whose only misdeed is being the daughter of her
father.
December 4
Today is a day of calamity! Viktor has vanished! His notebooks are missing, as
is his laptop. The samples of serum and antidote we were working on? Gone too!
Perhaps he has gone mad and thrown himself into the sea, unable to bear the
things he has done.
Personally, I don't think so.
I am convinced he has decided to experiment upon himself, and that he is hiding
somewhere awaiting metamorphosis. He often said that his ultimate objective was
to arrest the "exocel" process. He aid it would be a tremendous feat to harness
the creature's power, mutations, and subsequent changes of personality. If I
ever set eyes on him again, I do not think I will recognize him. Hopefully this
is all a bad dream. God help us all if he has succeeded.
December 5
Still no word from the whaler. Still no sign of Viktor. And today, someone
released the last remaining specimens from the laboratory. They are now roaming
all over the platform, and the exocels are breeding like wildfire. Anischenko
has barricaded himself in with his men, but it is useless. I await certain
death.
Viktor what have you done?
This time, I was very nearly done for.I am going to take refuge in the sick
bay.As far as I'm aware, there have been no attacks there.
I am taking the last prototype and a dose of antidote.I know there are others
in Kamsky's lab, but I can't bring myself to go there
Anna will come looking for me. Please hurry Anna, I'm afraid you may not be
much left of me by the time you get here!
The two helicopter pilots. C.Lekachev and J.B.Beletsky, have been killed. Anna
is now the only one who can save me.
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Unlockables
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Bonus Material
1) The Origins - Find Lansing
2) Clip - Reach the radio room on the "Spirit of the East Whaler"
3) Mutants - Free Anna
4) The Whaler - Escort Anna to the Radio Room
5) The Heroes - Find the unlocking Code
6) The Exocels - Find the medicine cabinet on the oil rig
7) Publicity - find an eye
8) The platform - make radar jamming disappear
9) Creatures 1 - find an antidote
10) Modeling - find the data
11) Creatures 2 - find C4's
12) Characters - find the chopper
13) Final - complete the game
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