She notes that something big is blocking the blast doors, and instructs Isaac to go destroy it using ADS Cannon 48. Kendra realizes the crew of the Valor are in danger and tries to open the blast doors to boost the signal and warn them, but she gets an error. This message will play on a loop until the Ishimura responds. Ironically, this is the same escape pod that Zach Hammond had jettisoned back in Chapter 4, which contained a Necromorph - Pod 47. Once the six working dishes are aligned symmetrically in Comm Array Chamber (which is infested with Enhanced Leapers) and the control panel is activated, an automatic video log will be played coming from the USM Valor, indicating that they had picked up an escape pod that was jettisoned from the USG Ishimura.

Upon arriving in Communications, Isaac finds the Comms Array to be badly damaged, but still workable. In the Communications Hall, a man dies as a fully formed Divider rounds the corner and attacks Isaac kills the Divider then uses his Kinesis Module to remove a barricade and rides a Gondola to the Comms Array. Isaac kills a pair of Guardians before reaching Communications.

When the quarantine lifts, Isaac takes the elevator to Floor 03 (Floor 01 is offline and the other Atrium elevator is covered with The Corruption) when Kendra tells him that the door to Communications is now unlocked and that someone is listening in on their conversation. On his way to Comms Control, Isaac is trapped in the Main Atrium by a quarantine and forced to battle large amounts of Exploders, Enhanced Slashers and Enhanced Leaper. She instructs Isaac to head for the Comms Control Station while she hacks the door to Communications. The chapter begins in the Bridge - the area last visited in Chapter 4: Obliteration Imminent with Kendra informing Isaac that the USM Valor has responded to their distress signal, but she cannot respond back until the Comms Array is fixed. Isaac heads to the tram which will bring him to the debris of the USM Valor. Hammond informs Isaac and Kendra that there is a shuttle they can use to escape although it requires a singularity core which can be salvaged from the ruins of the USM Valor. It crashes into the Ishimura causing a signal disruption which allows Hammond to contact Isaac. Unfortunately, the Valor meets its demise when it recovers the escape pod that was launched back in Chapter 4. In this Chapter, Isaac must fix the Comms Array and destroy The Slug in order to contact the USM Valor.

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