Dead Space/Transcript

Chapter 1
Examine Schedule.

Amy (excitedly holding her notepad): , you've revealed new details on the victim's schedule! It says "Rhine Canyon Training Facility."

Amy (puts away her notepad and pumps her fist): So PASA trained their astronauts in the desert... And if Tom Nelson went to this training facility, we should go too!

Investigate Desert Base.

Amy (excitedly): Are we still on planet Earth, ? It sure looks like Mars! Now I understand why PASA trains their astronauts here!

Amy (gasping): Oh, you've found the victim's spacesuit helmet! And it has a message written on the visor: "This is your last ride, Nelson"!

Amy (angrily): I agree, that threat could have come from the killer! And what's that substance it's written in? We'd better collect a sample!

Amy (curiously): You also picked up the cover page of a... PhD thesis! It says "Supervisor: Tom Nelson." Can you make the rest of the writing visible?

Amy (happily): And that's a lovely photograph! Two friends sitting by a fire... and you're right: one of them is our victim!

Amy (curiously): But who's that other guy in the knitted hat? Alright, let's check the database, !

Examine PhD Thesis.

Amy (curiously): , you revealed the rest of the writing on the PhD thesis! So, Tom Nelson supervised a student called Brad Raybury. Let me get you more info...

Amy (on the phone): Hannah? Could you look up a Brad Raybury for ?

Hannah (on the phone): Let's see... Brad's a post-grad at Innovation Valley College, studies astrophysics... and he's an intern at PASA, doing research for his thesis. Hope this helps!

(Amy and Hannah hang up.)

Amy (pumping her fist): Perfect! So Brad Raybury was writing his thesis under Nelson's supervision. Brad must have known the victim well. Let's find him!

Ask Brad Raybury about the victim.

Brad (shocked): What a tragedy,  . Tom Nelson was the greatest scientist alive! Now the Examiner-1 will not go to Mars...

Brad (picking up his books): I'll never win a Nobel prize without him! This is the saddest day of my life, even sadder than when my cat fell into the particle accelerator! He was never the same again.

Amy (manipulatively): Our sympathies, Mr Raybury. But you could still make a big contribution to science if you helped us find Tom Nelson's killer...

Brad (smacking his head): Find a killer? That's nothing!  , you should try finding a single quark in the quantum field!

Brad (holding his books and giving a smirk): Tom was the smartest person on Earth, it's not like someone could catch him unawares! Whoever killed him must be an even bigger genius! Good luck competing with that kind of intelligence...

Brad (sweating nervously): Now excuse me, but the first chapter of my thesis is due in tomorrow, and I'm light-years behind!

Examine Spacesuit Helmet.

Amy (pumping her fist): Good work, , you collected a sample of that strange substance the killer used to write on Tom Nelson's helmet! Let's send it to the lab!