Ellie responds to this by plowing the drill straight into the wall of GovSec with Isaac still on top of it. Isaac inquires to Ellie how exactly they will enter GovSec. The Necromorphs eventually cease their attack on Isaac, and the drill makes it to the foundation of Government Sector. In addition, Isaac is forced to dodge the barbs of almost a dozen Lurkers perched on top of the sides of the drilling shaft. Throughout the ride to GovSec, Isaac is assaulted by waves of Slashers and Pukers who board the drill. Ellie then drives the drill straight into the wall in front of her and Isaac, and begin drilling their way to Government Sector. Ellie finishes rotating the drill and Isaac takes the lift up to the top of the drill. As the drill is turning, Isaac fends off a wave of The Pack who have emerged from a hole in the wall. Isaac's hack is successful and the drill becomes operational again, although Ellie's response to the drill's activation is, 'I did it.'Īfter the drill turns on, Ellie turns the drill around so Isaac can climb aboard. Ellie doesn't quite catch what Isaac says, and Isaac proceeds to hack the junction on the drill. The drill is still not operational, with Isaac telling Ellie, 'It doesn't recognize the new junction.' Ellie tells Isaac that she thinks she can fix it from her end, to which Isaac responds, 'Or I could just hack it from here'. Isaac takes the circuit junction back down to the drill, and inserts it into the designated slot on the drill. Isaac takes a lift over to the other side of the chamber, where he finds the needed circuit junction after dealing with 2 Enhanced Slashers. Ellie continues to try to get things working while Isaac goes to the area above the drill in search of the needed circuit junction. Isaac inserts the second power cell into the drill's power slot, but a circuit junction is still needed. They agree that the drill is their best bet to get to Government Sector and Ellie heads up to the control room of the drill while Isaac tries to locate the second power cell.Īfter making his way through some Cysts in front of the drill, Isaac finds another power cell. Isaac tells Ellie that Stross is dead, to which she replies, 'I'm not sorry about that'.

Ellie tells Isaac that the drill is currently not functioning and that the original engineer died before he could find another power cell for it.

The drill, however, has another slot that is also in need of a power cell. He rendezvous with Ellie at the drill just as she is putting a power cell into it. Isaac enters a large chamber housing a giant mining drill.

Dead space 2 chapter 8