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Mission Critical Hints

There's a bomb on the Lexington!

  • 1 of 18: Yep, there sure is.
  • 2 of 18: If the only reason you knew about the bomb was by reading the title of the hint, you haven't done yourself a lot of good.  Something in the game will tell you about it.
  • 3 of 18: You'll want to look for a traitor on the ship.
  • 4 of 18: Poole left a message for the crew of the Dharma.  Read the hints in the previous link if you haven't found the message.
  • 5 of 18: Turn on the transceiver inside the model of the USS Orlando.
  • 6 of 18: It tells you where the bomb is planted.
  • 7 of 18: Poole had to sneak into the wardroom (Deck 2) to plant it.
  • 8 of 18: Does anything look suspicious?
  • 9 of 18: Remember where you found the incriminating evidence in the first place?
  • 10 of 18: It was in a ship model.
  • 11 of 18: So maybe the model of the Lexington contains the bomb.
  • 12 of 18: All you have to do is get through that case.
  • 13 of 18: Firepower will work here.
  • 14 of 18: Use the cutting torch on the case to open it.
  • 15 of 18: If you need an extra oxygen tank, you can find one in the Ariadne (the lander from the Jericho).
  • 16 of 18: Finally, open up that model.
  • 17 of 18: Use the multitool again.
  • 18 of 18: And open the bomb to disarm it.