Outside Omicron | Riddles and puzzles of SOMA Game SOMA Guide and Walkthrough
Last update: 26 November 2018
When the mission starts, it turns out that the gate is not working, because there's not power. Look up and locate the power lines - follow them, until you reach another building. Climb up the ladder, where a socket for the Omnitool awaits, which... doesn't work. You will have to restore the power manually. Locate a small lid, to the right from the ladder - just above it there's a sign "Manual Override". Tear it off, and then do the following:
- Press the red button in the "Manual Override" box
- Turn the two valves located to the right of the box
- Flip the level located to the right of the valves
- Flip the level located in the "Manual Override" box
Wait for a short while and then climb up the ladder. Place your Omnitool in the socket by the computer, to summon Catherine. Use the time she is speaking to look around the area. First things first, perform a Data Buffer on the corpse next to the computer. Right next to it there's a growth to regenerate health. Climb up the ladder, where you will find another collectible, a note.
Get back to the level on which you've left the Omnitool and approach the fuse box, to the left of the computer. You must lead the power from the upper left corner of the box to the lower right corner. To do so, you will have to use the appropriate number of switches - when you use too many of them, the system will reboot.
To make things simpler, the above screenshot shows the switches with number ranging from 1 to 16. To solve the puzzle, you have to switch: 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 13, 14, 15 and 16 switch. When you do so, the power will be restored.
When the power is restored, a number of things will be unlocked as well. The first one is the terminal located to the right of the Omnitool socket. You can listen to a series of audio files here, as well as check photographs of station Omicron. When you're done, turn around and approach the second terminal.
When you interact with it, look at the last option - "UbVZrmsP". Click on it, and then note the code that appeared on the screen numerous times - 1050. You will use it in just a second - leave the terminal and go back to the one with audio files.
Select the "Omicron" option, and then click on the "Quarantined" writing. Put in the 1050 code you've just recovered and then accept it by pressing OK. The quarantine will be lifted, which means that the huge door to Omicron will be unlocked.