ENGINEERING MODULE
TACOMA – STORY AND ENDING EXPLAINED
Once you learn that E.V and Clive are in Cryo Sleep, you are prompted to head to the Engineering Module aboard Tacoma. You learn a little more about Amy’s mission, which is to secure and return the AI’s physical processing medium. In another AR sequence, we learn what Sareh was hiding from Natali. She knows from Natali’s scan that she is unlikely to survive in Cryo Sleep, but she feels that it is more humane to have her die peacefully that way than it is for her to asphyxiate when the oxygen runs out. If they can’t escape, Sareh knows that Natali will die, how she does so is seemingly up to her.
Suddenly, you hear a loud explosion and Sareh rushes to where the escape drone is being worked on. The force of the explosion – the exact source of which remains somewhat unknown – hurts Nat and knocks out Roberta, with the latter thinking that the fall has caused her brain damage – her back is hurting and she cannot smell the smoke around her. The resulting fire completely destroys the drone and the crew’s only plan for escape is now in tatters.
As Sareh attempts to process what has happened, she speaks with O.D.I.N about her options. O.D.I.N tells her about a door in the Network Technology Module that is usually off limits to crew. He doesn’t tell her what is there and insists that he isn’t showing them how to escape, to ensure that he isn’t going against protocol, but he says that she, “could investigate that door.”
This whole section is an exploration of how we, as humans, react when faced with the prospect of death. Nat and Bert comfort each other, while Sareh tries to work out what her options are. This, and the following part are some of the most fascinating scenes in the game.
