Alien: Isolation guide: Mission 16 Walkthrough

Mission 16: Transmission

Now you’re going to need to Find a Way to Contact the Torrens. Exit the shuttle and head to the Reception door, using you Access tuner to gain access. Remember that the Xenomorph is in play once more, and  the hunt is on again, so you’ll need to move carefully and quietly when possible. Follow the corridor until you reach an unmarked door and use your Cutting Torch to open it and pass through.

Head down the stairs in front of you and take a left at the bottom, passing under the Comms Control sign. Follow this corridor all the way to the end and it will loop to the right. You’ll want to keep moving even after this as you make your way back to the room where you snagged the Motion Tracker back in Mission 4. Throughout this corridor are several security personnel who you’ll either need to evade or distract. We suggest tossing a noisemaker to distract them, but keep in mind this will also draw the attention of unwanted visitors. So you choose, which is worse – humans with guns who want to hurt you? Or the perfect predator looking to stick its tail through your guts? Either way proceed down this corridor and all the way to the stairs at the end. Head up the stairs and save your game before moving through the door and turning right. Follow the corridor as it curves and reach some stairs on the left. Pass up these stairs to reunite with Ricardo and update your objective to Find the Sevastol Observatory.

Once Ricardo opens the door follow the corridor straight and all the way to the end. Call the elevator and hop on to head up to Comms Control. Upon arrival move into the middle of the room and turn to your left, continuing through the door labeled Observatory Chamber. Careful of security agents patrolling the area.

Follow the short corridor until it curves right and you have to use your Cutting Torch to open the only door you can pass through. Approach the nearby ladder and climb up it. This will update your objectives to Use Tracking System to Find Torrens and allow you to Activate Observation Platform on the console behind you. Once that’s done move to the next console and choose to Commence Deep Space Scan and then onto the third console to once more scan space.

Once you’ve completed the scan mini games your objective will be to Manually Input Torrens Coordinate so climb back down the ladder and backtrack to the main comms room. Turn left into the E.V.A. Preparation room and step onto the platform to descend to an airlock. At the bottom save your game and then approach the changing area to don a space suit. Now pass through the External Array and turn right, going through the door at the end of the short corridor. Once the second door opens step outside and make your way across the catwalk.

The simplest formula here is to follow the signs that say Dish Maintenance until you see the lift. Step on and use the lift to access the next area, continuing around the catwalk as you follow the signs. Once you pass through a door into a dark area look for the interact menu to Reboot Array Clamp Controls. Make sure to interact with each console in the room until you are given the option to power Up Clamp Release and then move to your right and repeat the process two more times. Once that’s done head back to your left and Unlock the Emergency Clamp before backtracking out the way you came and up the stairs to the right. Once you reach the top look to your right and choose the option to Input Torrens Coordinates. Move the first marker to 35 and the second to 75. This will allow you to contact the Torrens and after a brief conversation your objective will update to Find a Way for the Torrens to Dock.

Head back to the lift and then backtrack down the catwalk back to the airlock, changing once you arrive. Save your game and head back to the main comms area, being wary of the Alien as it patrols the area. Exit the E.V.A Preparation room and turn left to make your way back to the elevator and step inside to return to Comms Security Surveillance. Once you arrive step off and follow the corridor back to Ricardo’s last known position, to find he’s met a sad fate. Follow the stairs down and then turn right, following the hallway as it curves left and pass through the Reception door on the left. Make your way down this set of stairs and back into the corridor with all the security personal and follow this corridor all the way back to where you started in Mission 4. Pass through the door labeled Departure Bay and turn right to take the elevator to Systech Upper Transit to conclude this mission.