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Follow our comprehensive Fallout 3 walkthrough for 'Unthawing the Past,' guiding you through activating stasis controls, reviving crew, and preparing for your spacewalk.

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Follow our comprehensive Fallout 3 walkthrough for 'Unthawing the Past,' guiding you through activating stasis controls, reviving crew, and preparing for your spacewalk.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Activate the “Stasis Controls.”
  2. 2
    Talk to the revived crew: Elliott Tercorien (army medic), Paulson (cowboy), and Toshiro Kago (samurai).
  3. 3
    Note: You can kill Paulson and Toshiro for their unique clothes and gun without significant consequences. Elliott will remain and provide benefits later, so it is advisable to keep him alive. Copies of his unique Combat Armor can be acquired later.
  4. 4
    Observe that Colonel Hartigan, the astronaut, did not survive.
  5. 5
    Loot the Spacesuit from the astronaut.
  6. 6
    Before the spacewalk, shut off three generators located in the Hangar, Robot Assembly, and Cryo Lab.
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    Sally will inform you that other ship areas are dangerous and suggest taking an adult companion.
  8. 8
    Toshiro Kago is not helpful as a companion.
  9. 9
    Elliott can accompany you to the Cryo Lab.
  10. 10
    Somah can accompany you to the Robot Assembly area.
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    Paulson can accompany you to the Hangar Bay.
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    Sally will grant access to all areas; choose your starting destination.
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    Elliott can convert Alien Biogel (HP +30) into Adapted Biogel (HP +150).
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    Somah can repair your gear for a price; she has a Repair Skill of 75.
  15. 15
    Biogel potency is affected by your Medicine skill.
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    Store collected loot in the Engineering Core for easy access later, especially when using teleporters.
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    A Work Bench is located near the “Teleportation Matrix to Observation Deck.”
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    Explore the Maintenance Level, Engine Room, and Cargo Hold before searching for generators.
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    In the Cargo Hold, defeat alien troops and the Guardian Drone.
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    Loot the catwalks and ground floor for items including Power Armor, Combat Armor, a Minigun, a Missile Launcher, Nail Boards, grenades, a Sniper Rifle, and Raider Armor.
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    In the south-western corner of the Cargo Hold's lower area, near the Research Lab door, find numerous ammo boxes, drugs, Bottlecap Mines, and weaponry on shelves.
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    Head north from the shelves, then east past more shelves to find stairs.
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    Continue east and turn north to find a table with “Reid Underwood’s Terminal” [Hard].
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    Hack the terminal and select “Remote Unlock Safe.”
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    Go to the south-eastern corner of the level, beyond the disposal chute, to find Underwood’s Safe amidst debris.
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    Open the safe to obtain the unique MPLX Novasurge.
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    Explore the Research Lab, accessible from the Cargo Hold's south-western corner.
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    Defeat aliens and turrets in the Research Lab.
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    In a large room to the west, find four terminals; one “Control” terminal provides Alien Captive Recorded Log #13.
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    Proceed east through a tunnel, then south, and east again at a “Drone Pod” to find another large room.
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    In this room, find a “console” to download Alien Captive Recorded Log #21.
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    Return to the Engineering Core and proceed to the Engine Room.
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    You may encounter allies debating the fate of a captured alien, which Paulson will resolve.
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    Observe that allies may make a mess in the Engineering Core but will also find ammo and components.
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    A Makeshift Bedding in the south-eastern corner of the western-most room can fully restore health.
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    Head into the Engine Room, located on the western side of the area, near the “Robot Assembly” door.
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    In the Engine Room, face Aliens, Guardian Drones, Support Drones, and Turrets.
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    Navigate through stairs, doors, a hallway, and past a Healing Arch.
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    Enter a room to the east, then continue east to a large room with robots.
  40. 40
    In a room with five doors, activate a “Control” to overload a turret or rewire it for proximity explosion.
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    Go through the south-east door and find a room with a container.
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    On a metal object in this room, find the unique Electro-Supressor.
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    Go through either of the two south doors to a room with another “Control.”
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    Activate the control to trigger an alien teleportation. Defeat the alien.
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    Return to the northern large room and proceed west through a newly opened door.
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    Continue west, then north through another door.
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    In the next room, go east through a door, down a hallway, past a Healing Arch, and into a room containing the previously mentioned turret. Loot the two Containers if you did not overload the turret.
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    Return to the room with stairs and proceed down them.
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    Go north through a doorway and down a tunnel, stopping to kill a turret.
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    Enter a room to the north, then proceed east through doorways, defeating aliens and drones.
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    A northern teleporter is unusable. Continue east, past a Healing Arch and another “Control” that can rig the turret at the southern four-way intersection.
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    Loot a Container to the south.
  53. 53
    Head up stairs to the east into a room with another Container and a table with Alien Crystals and Alien Epoxy.
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    Go south through a doorway and the subsequent room to reach the large room near the level's beginning.
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    Return to the Engineering Core.
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    Access the Maintenance Level via a teleportation matrix south of the “Robot Assembly” door.
  57. 57
    Head west and loot containers; the level is unoccupied by aliens.
  58. 58
    In a small room, talk to Sally. The room will move like a trash lift.
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    Observe through a window as the lift moves.
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    At one stop, kill three aliens outside the lift. Sally will exit to explore.
  61. 61
    You will be deposited in a room full of garbage.
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    Proceed west through the Waste Disposal door.
  63. 63
    Watch out for the crushing pistons in the Waste Disposal level.
  64. 64
    Head south of the entrance to find a raised platform with pistons.
Tips
  • You can kill Paulson and Toshiro for their unique gear with no major consequences.
  • Elliott can convert Alien Biogel into more potent Adapted Biogel.
  • Somah is an excellent NPC for gear repairs due to her high Repair Skill.
  • Store valuable loot in the Engineering Core for later retrieval.
  • The MPLX Novasurge is a powerful one-handed Energy Weapon with a renewable ammo source.
  • The Electro-Supressor is a faster, more powerful melee weapon than the standard Shock Baton, though it lacks shock damage.

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