Cold Fear Xbox Walkthrough +++++++++++++++++++++ Table of Contents +++++++++++++++++++++ 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 ++++++++++++++ CONTROLLER ++++++++++++++ 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** ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mission 1: Find the Radio Code ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mission 2: Find the Radio Room ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mission 3: Find Yusupov +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mission 4: Free Anna +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mission 5: Accompany Anna to the radio room +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mission 6: Find the autopilot unlocking code ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mission 7: Reach Anna in the look-out post ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mission 8: Find the medicine cabinet ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mission 9: Find Anischenko ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mission 10: Deactivate the magnetic field +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mission 11: Find the Antidote for Anna ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mission 12: Administer the antidote to Anna +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mission 13: Find Kamsky's laptop ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mission 14: Find the room with the C4 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mission 15: Get the C4 and place the charges in the right order +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Mission 15: Kill Kamsky +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Documents - directly from game ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ********************************** Note about Ammunition Conservation ********************************** 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 ********************* Note about the Armory ********************* 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 *************************** A Page from Yusupov's Diary *************************** 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. ***************************** A Note About Electrical Boxes ***************************** 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 ******************** A Note About Barrels ******************** 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 ******************************* A Note About Fire Extinguishers ******************************* 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 ***************************** A Page from Dr Kamsky's Diary ***************************** 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. ******************************** A Note About The Red Fuel Valves ******************************** 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. ************************* A Letter About the Spears ************************* 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 ***************** Yusupov's Journal ***************** 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. ************************** Letter to Anna from Kamsky ************************** 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 ******************************** A Note About the Pumping Station ******************************** 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 ********************** A Page About Mutations ********************** 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. **************************************** A Letter from Yusupov about the antidote **************************************** 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 ***************************** A Note About The Retinal Scan ***************************** 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 ****************************** A Page from Dr. Kamsky's Diary ****************************** 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. *********************************** A Letter to Anischenko from Yusupov *********************************** 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 ***************************** A Note About the Flamethrower ***************************** 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. ******************************** A Note About the Magnetic Jammer ******************************** 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. ************************************* A Note from Anischenko about Bakharev ************************************* 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. ******************************** A Note About the Magnetic Jammer ******************************** 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. ****************************** A Page from Dr. Kamsky's diary ****************************** 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. ***************** A Memo to Yusupov ***************** 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. **************************** A Report About Contamination **************************** 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". ************************ A Page about Experiments ************************ 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. ****************************** A Page from Dr. Kamsky's Diary ****************************** 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. ************************************ A Report About the Exocel Life Cycle ************************************ 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 **************** A Scientific Log **************** 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! ************************************ A Note About the Yellow Steam Valves ************************************ 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. **************************** A Letter from Kamsky to Anna **************************** 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. *************************** Pages from Bakharev's diary *************************** 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. +++++++++++++++ Unlockables +++++++++++++++ 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 Extreme Mode - Complete game on Hard Mode +++++++++++++++++++ Legal / Contact +++++++++++++++++++ This game guide is for personal, non-commercial use only. I was not paid to write it, and you should not be charged to read it. Please do not reproduce or alter this guide, in part or in whole without written permission. 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