Checking Out TF29

Objectives

Map Legend

TF29’s offices are in the northern end of the city. You won’t have any trouble reaching them or getting inside, so take your time and ensure that you’ve completed plenty of side content ahead of time if you want more XP by the time you arrive.

Go into the store that’s marked as your objective, and bypass the customers and the secretary inside. This is just a front, and it’s not your real target. Go into the back room, and use your special keycard to unlock a special elevator. Take that down into the bowels of the building, where TF29’s real offices are located.

Hack for Items!

After you’ve searched the first floor of the offices, use the stairs in the north to climb up to the second floor. You bump into Aira, the quartermaster for TF29. She gives you the pass for the shooting range (which is back on the first floor).

You find Peter Chang in a nearby office on the right. Talk to him at his desk. He’s having a bit of a freakout, so calm him down as best as you can. Delve deeper to find out as much as possible from him about the hacking that’s been going on at TF29’s front company.

You can accomplish a few more optional things before proceeding with the main story. It’s possible to talk with Macready, Singh (if he survived in the mission in Dubai), and Peter Chang. Of those, only Chang’s conversation triggers actual mission work. You can also return to the first floor and work in the shooting range with Aria.

When all of that is done, it’s time to plant the chip.

You get an NSN keycard from the locked IT Support area on the first floor. The door into that area is not too hard to hack, but if you need help, you can use a laptop nearby to get the code and break in that way (5545). You can also use the laptop to generate new passcodes for several other important laptops in the area.

Now that you have the card, go to the second floor and use the card to get into the NSN Server room. You can get into the internal server room by hacking, or by jumping up the left wall into a crawlspace above. Drop down into the next room and circumvent the door if you like.

Plant the Whisper Chip, and then get out of the room. You’re called in to see Miller, who has an office very close by. Go in and talk to him for a while. The conversation will vary somewhat depending on whether you have seen Koller yet.

When you’re finished in TF29, use the elevator again to leave the building. Go up to the store above and exit. If you accepted Chang’s mission, take a second to stop and talk to the store clerk as you go.