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Keep your voice down! Whatever they are, they're not friendly! And half the doors on the ship are locked because of the quarantine. Now we have to get to the Bridge, but first, we got to repair the tram system.

New Arrivals is the first chapter of Dead Space. It begins with the USG Kellion's security team arriving on the USG Ishimura, to discover the horrific state of despair it is in and what has happened to the crew.

Throughout the chapter, Isaac is sent around the flight deck to repair the tram system so the others can access the ship's bridge. The chapter ends with Isaac boarding a tram headed for the medical deck to find Captain Benjamin Matthius.

Description[]

In the first chapter, Isaac Clarke, on board the USG Kellion, attempts to dock on the USG Ishimura after receiving a distress beacon. Isaac is accompanied on the ship by Kendra Daniels, Zach Hammond and the minor characters: Chen and Johnston. While attempting to land on the docking station of the USG Ishimura, the Kellion crashes after losing the port booster, but all of the crew survive. When exploring the Ishimura, the surviving crew is attacked by Necromorphs and Isaac is separated by quarantine from the rest of the crew. With no weapons, all Isaac can do is run and after being relentlessly pursued by a couple of Slashers, he takes refuge inside an elevator and then later finds his primary weapon, the Plasma Cutter. Isaac must re-group with Kendra and Hammond by repairing the tram system. This involves removing a broken tram from the lines and then placing a removed data board into the system. Isaac is then instructed to load the damage reports on the Kellion, where the ship then explodes, nearly taking Isaac with it. Kendra and Hammond then tell Isaac to go to the Medical Deck in the Ishimura to retrieve the Captain's RIG codes, which are needed to gather information about what happened and gain clearance to some areas.

Summary[]

Aboard the USG Kellion, Isaac Clarke, Kendra Daniels, Zach Hammond, along with Corporals Chen and Johnston, make their way to the planetcracker vessel called the USG Ishimura after receiving a distress signal. En route, Isaac watches a video log from his girlfriend, Nicole Brennan, who is worried about the events occurring within the Ishimura. As the transmission ends, Kendra assures Isaac about Nicole's fate as Hammond announces that they are almost at their destination.

Out of orbit, the crew makes visual contact with the Ishimura, dim due to the lack of lights. The Kellion tries to contact the Ishimura through telecommunications as they approach the ship. Hammond orders the Corporals to boost the signal for better reception. After doing so, they receive a brief and unintelligible transmission, leaving all aboard the Kellion confused. Kendra believes the issue is due to problems with the Communications Array and orders an immediate landing to inspect the ship further. As the Corporals activate the automatic docking procedure, they are hit by debris orbiting the ship, causing the Kellion's docking procedure to go off track, making a crash into the Ishimura's hull imminent. Hammond orders the Corporals to activate the blast shields, believing it is safe despite the damaged guidance tether. Kendra thinks it is suicide and tells the Corporals to abort, but Hammond insists they will make it. After activating the blast shields, everyone's vision fades to white, and they awaken alive and unscathed.

Kendra reprimands Hammond for nearly killing them, but Hammond argues that he saved everyone's lives on board. As he asks the Corporals to check the shuttle's damage reports, Isaac dons his helmet. The Corporals report that they have lost the autopilot and communications and cannot get any readings from the port booster. As Kendra synchronizes Isaac's RIG with the team's, Hammond and the Corporals prepare to leave the shuttle, armed. Isaac, after a quick check of his surroundings, follows. As he exits the Kellion, Kendra notices that the port booster is missing from the shuttle, not just without power as they originally thought. As the team makes their way to the Flight Deck, Isaac uses his RIG to open the door, and the team prepares to enter. Inspecting the area, Hammond orders Isaac to check the security console while he instructs Kendra to get the elevator online. Kendra reports that the power is not online, and Hammond, frustrated, tells her to re-route the power. Calming down, Isaac inspects the console.

Once Isaac interacts with the console, a hologram screen on the Ishimura appears, showing multiple damaged systems throughout the ship. As the air vents in the Flight Lounge power up and start blowing in air, the Quarantine System activates, tripping an alarm and shutting off almost all the lights in the area. This also locks all the doors, cutting Isaac off from the rest of his crew and trapping them in the Flight Lounge. Hammond tries to restore calm, suggesting that the Quarantine System was probably triggered by a malfunction during the air filtration system restart. However, moments later, a figure with scythe-like arms is seen leaping out of the air vent and attacking Corporal Johnston from behind. The crew of the Kellion then discovers why the Ishimura hasn't been responding to communications: most of the crew had been infected by an alien virus and transformed into horrifying monsters known as Necromorphs.

Corporals Chen and Johnston are killed by a Slasher, the most common form of Necromorph. Kendra tells Isaac to run to safety, as he is separated from her and Hammond. Isaac is pursued by Slashers until he reaches an elevator, which he activates via his RIG. A Slasher tries to pry the doors open, only to be crushed as they slam shut. Exiting the elevator, Isaac finds a Plasma Cutter repair bench and a 211-V Plasma Cutter. Beside the bench is a corpse, and written in blood on the walls is the message: "Cut off their limbs," referring to the most efficient way to kill Necromorphs. Isaac shoots a panel with the Plasma Cutter to unlock the next door. He then encounters and kills a Slasher that had just killed a surviving crewman of the Ishimura. While traversing the corridors, Isaac finds Logs, ammo, and Med Packs. He reaches the Tram Control room, where he sees Kendra and Hammond on the other side of a window in the flight deck station. Hammond tells them they must repair the tram system to reach the bridge. Kendra discovers a spare databoard in the maintenance bay that can replace the fried one and notes that a broken tram needs to be removed as it is blocking the tunnel. Hammond realizes that, because of the quarantine, only Isaac can fix the problems. He promises to use the personnel files to find Nicole if Isaac can get them to the bridge.

On his way, Isaac crosses an empty tram tunnel where he picks up a Stasis Module, which he uses to pass through a malfunctioning door. Upon reaching the broken tram, he uses stasis to slow down one of the mechanical arms to remove the tram before the arm retracts. In the same room, Isaac finds his first Power Node. After replacing the tram, Isaac encounters a Leaper while making his way back across the tram tunnel. He takes an elevator to the maintenance bay, where Kendra informs him that the storage room containing the databoard is locked and that he must take another elevator to retrieve the key. Isaac gets the key, unlocks the storage room, finds the databoard, a power node, and a bench. He inserts the databoard into the computer array in the Tram Control Room and calls the replaced tram to the flight deck station, allowing Daniels and Hammond to board it. As the two ride the tram to the bridge, the quarantine inexplicably lifts, and Hammond tells Isaac to return to the Kellion and prep it for launch. Passing through the flight lounge, Hammond tells Isaac there are no survivors on the bridge and that they will try to reach the Command Computer. As Isaac boards the Kellion and loads a damage report, the hull is attacked by Slashers and Leapers, causing the ship to explode. Isaac barely escapes intact. Kendra contacts him, explaining that due to an executive lockdown of the command computer, Isaac must retrieve authorization codes from the RIG of the deceased Benjamin Matthius in the Med Labs of the Medical Facility. Hammond sends the tram back to the flight deck station so Isaac can get to the Medical Facility. Daniels and Hammond are forced to flee the control room due to a Leaper. Isaac follows the route that Daniels and Hammond took to reach the tram station, encountering a Store along the way where he can purchase weapons and supplies. Isaac boards the tram for the Medical Facility, ending Chapter 1.

Enemies[]

In order of appearance:

Trivia[]

  • The completion of this level on any difficulty awards the "Dead On Arrival" Achievement/Trophy, worth twenty Gamerscore on the Xbox 360 and Bronze on PlayStation 3.
  • Isaac's face can be briefly seen during the intro after the USG Kellion crashed when Kendra and Hammond are arguing though his face is animated like everybody else.
  • There is only one Store in this chapter. It is located next to the tram at the end of the chapter.
  • This chapter is where the player was first introduced to the Slashers and Leapers.
  • The Level 2 Suit, the Line Gun and the Pulse Rifle can be bought in this level.
  • When you enter the abandoned tram tunnel which you get the Stasis Module, you can hear the roar of a Brute. However, the first time that you actually encounter a Brute is not until Chapter 4.
  • The first Necromorphs that you encounter which kill Johnston and Chen cannot be killed or dismembered and the attack itself cannot be interrupted. It is a fully scripted scene.
  • Examination of the in-game map shows the tram car Hammond and Kendra board actually departs toward the rear of the ship and not the bridge as stated by Hammond.
  • A locked door can be seen half-way up the wall of the tram tunnel just to the right of the tram control station. This door appears to be the same door seen in the hallway just outside the control station before the walkway down to the floor of the tunnel. The purpose of this door is unknown given there is no platform on the inside of the tunnel and a tram car would be quite far away from the opening given the cars only occupy half the tunnel's width.

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