Bench Location #7

After Teidemann taunts you past the TK bridge, move the obstacle left and navigate a trap.

Go towards the lockers on the left, take down the trap, and collect the Power Node inside.

A necromorph will attack as you head back. Save at the checkpoint (an auto-save point you restart from on death) ahead if desired.

In the next hallway, the AI will remove oxygen, creating a time limit.

A stalker will attack from the front, and a crawler from the left. Move back and shoot them.

Move down the left walkway to gather items.

Hack the box in front of you to restore oxygen and unlock the door.

Enter the mainframe area. Teidemann will lock it down.

Grab items and go to the central area.

Place traps behind you covering both paths.

Pull the cover (press the cover button to crouch behind walls or objects) off the vent and jump in, heading right as indicated by the "Reroute?" diagram.

Inside, the AI will tell you to back away, and small crawlers will attack.

Remove all TK panels from the wall.

Locate the four red glowing blocks with different patterns.

Place all four blocks into the receptacle on the right, matching the pattern shown on the ground near the far window. The correct pattern is: [ ] [ ] [ ] / [ ] [ ] / [ ] [ ] / [ ] [ ] / [ ] [ ] [ ] / [ ] [ ] / [ ] [ ] [ ].

Once the pattern is matched, a floor panel will rise. Activate it and jump back into the vent.

On the other side, reroute the vent to head left. Jump into the vent again and go left.

In this new area, there are two ways to insert the blocks: one for green lights (story progression) and one for blue lights (secret room).

Take down all panels and approach the vent. A green necromorph will attack. Kill it.

Work on making the pattern blue. The blue symbols require the pattern: [ ] [ ] [ ] / [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] / [ ] [ ] [ ] / [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] / [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] / [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ].

After setting the blue pattern, a switch will open, allowing you to move the vent to a room on the left.

Enter this room to find items, including 2 Power Nodes and the PENG treasure, which unlocks the "Collect Peng" trophy.

Return to the previous room and set all the symbols to green. The green symbols require the pattern: [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] / [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] / [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] / [ ] [ ] [ ] / [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] / [ ] [ ] [ ].

The floor panel will rise. Use it.

Necromorphs will emerge outside. Finish off any remaining enemies in the main area.

Proceed forward, and the mainframe will appear. Destroy the five fuses.

Set up traps, go back to the vent, and shoot two fuses. A necromorph will emerge from the left.

Shoot the remaining three fuses. A necromorph will emerge from the right.

Once the traps kill the necromorphs, the computer will shut down, awarding the "Shut Down" trophy.

Continue with the mission and head left.

Past the door, a body will appear. Check on Ellie and Stross.

Align the arrays by hand. In this room, destroy the three pods and tentacles.

Past the next door, a necromorph will attack, followed by a crawler and three lurkers.

At the end of this walkway is a save point and a security door.

Spend 1 Power Node to open the security door.

Inside, a crawler will attack. Defeat it.

Explore the room to find items, the text log ("Personal Log: Howard Phillips"), and the Contact Beam Schematic.

Return to the previous area and hack the terminal to continue.

Meet Nicole again. Align arrays one and three by hitting the blue panel to go outside.

Outside, find a blob of necromorph material. A tri-arm enemy will emerge.

Avoid its homing tentacles and shoot its weak arms to get a semiconductor.

Gather the numerous green boxes in the area.

Head to one of the two arrays. Use the TK point on the right to drag the beam so reflected light hits the panel in the distance.

Repeat for the other array.

Head back to the control chamber and go inside.

Hit the blue display and shoot yourself out, dodging debris. Dodge the first piece to the right, the next to the left, the next to the right, the following one through the middle, the next through the middle, and the following one to the right. Aim for the light.