Aliens: Dark Descent Gameplay Walkthrough - Nuclear Protocol (All Datapads and Blueprints)
In this Aliens: Dark Descent gameplay walkthrough we are playing on normal difficulty as we go through the fifth main mission: Nuclear Protocol. We get all 17 Datapads, 1 Xenotech Blueprints, and complete all objectives for 100 percent completion of the level after two deployments.
Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
00:12 - Starting Loadout
03:16 - Datapad 1 (Manifest Report)
04:30 - Datapad 2 (Weyland-Yutani Leaflet 1)
05:50 - Datapad 3 (USCM Leaflet)
06:15 - Datapad 4 (Weyland-Utani Leaflet 2)
10:45 - Datapad 5 (Yannis Adler Log)
13:40 - Datapad 6 (Sandra Morales Log)
14:30 - Elevator to HQ
17:40 - Cutscene
26:50 - Datapad 7 (Maeko Hayes Log)
34:50 - Datapad 9 (William Norrington Log)
36:40 - Access to security cameras
39:00 - Datapad 8 (Arnaud Keller Log)
42:30 - Datapad 11 (Sally Durant Log ) -- also an objective
46:10 - Datapad 12 (Cerberus Protocol Report)
47:25 - Prepping for battle to defend HQ
53:40 - Datapad 13 (Kiran Kaur Log 1)
1:04:30 - First squad extraction, end of Day (4/5 primary objectives, 1/2 secondary objectives, 13/17 Datapads, 0/1 Xenotech, 74% completion)
1:10:10 - Second deployment to surface (loadout)
1:13:05 - For the Find Anand secondary objective, it can sometimes be a little buggy, so like me, you may have to use the elevator to go back to the HQ level to trigger a conversation again over the body before returning to the Command Level to be able to interact with Datapad 14, which also acts as the secondary objective checkpoint.
1:17:45 - The aforementioned Datapad 14 (Nisha Anand Log)
1:20:30 - Datapad 15 (Matias Cooper Log 1)
1:24:30 - Datapad 16 (Matias Cooper Log 2) - also the end of the secondary objective
1:26:20 - Datapad 17 (SC_MU_203 REPORT)
1:28:35 - Fighting a queen and synths objective
1:32:10 - Xenotech Blueprint (Anti-Acid Gel)
1:41:45 - Second squad extraction, end of Day (5/5 primary objectives, 2/2 secondary objectives, 17/17 Datapads, 1/1 Xenotech, 100% completion)
1:42:40 - Cutscene
1:48:00 - If you're trying to do a No Marines Lost run, do not do what I do here and eject a marine from the ship, it does count as a marine lost even though it's not during an active mission.
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