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Press Sneak achievement in Prey

Press Sneak

Read all the e-mails on Talos I.

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  • HeraizenHeraizen
    08 May 2017 07 May 2017 06 Aug 2017
    Not so much a full solution, but some resources to help you with this achievement. Feel free to comment down below for help with specific emails you need and I can add some tips to the guide to make it easier as some Computers can be quite tricky to access!

    Tips
    - Like most collectible achievements in the game you don't actually have to read all the e-mails. This achievement should unlock at 150 emails.

    - You can check which emails you have read in the DATA tab when pressing cn_back

    - The first three emails in your Apartment are removed from the list after the Simulation Room Tests.

    - Some emails are sent to multiple people, you only need to read these emails once, no need to read it on every different computer. (Although there is 2 emails named "Help!" which are actually different)

    -It is also highly recommended that you upgrade your hacking skill as much as you can, as it will make it a lot easier to access computers as soon as you encounter them.

    -So far besides the first 3 in your apartment none are missable.

    - I recommend to get all collectible related achievements just after the Cargo Bay Area in the Main Story. The entire ship is then accessible and the enemies will not be as intrusive as they are if you progress the main story further.

    Now here is a list of all the emails you need to read. They are mostly in order and split up by area with the username of the computer and the emails that are on it. In bold I will be adding some tips to find specific Computers that may be more difficult to find.

    This is still a work in progress so feel free to comment with feedback or suggestions!


    Neuromod Division
    If you return here later in the game the Computer on the 2nd floor overlooking the helicopter sim may have no power. This is not a problem as that computer has no emails on it.

    Morgan’s Apartment, Day 1 x3 [Congrats! And welcome!, Delivery, Ready?] These are the only missable ones that I know off. They may not be required since they are later removed from the list but I would read them to be sure.
    Morgan’s Apartment, Day 2 x6 [DANGER. LEAVE NOW]
    Evelyn McCarthy x2 [RE: Daily Tests, A note about this morning]
    Marco Simmons x3 [Reminder about company password policy, A note about this morning, Bad install?]
    Demetri Bowser x1 [A note about this morning]
    Jiao-Long Heng x2 [A note about this morning, Morgan’s Behavior]
    Jovan Gravilovic x3 [Next Week’s Test, A note about this morning, URGENT!]
    Silvain Bellamy x3 [Personality Drift Results, Daily Tests, RE: Have my people been coming to you?]
    Alice Aiken x1 [RE: Simulation Question]
    Caleb Hawethorne x2 [A note about this morning, RE: Igwe’s Talk]
    Security Station x1 [SEND HELP PLEASE]
    Junior Bookman x1 [Again. Fantastic.]
    John Haskins x1 [RE: Volunteer Attitude]
    Halden Graves x2 [RE: Exotic materials, Missing Neuromods]


    Talos I Lobby

    Bianca Goodwin x3 [Volunteer Attitude, RE: Meeting Gustav, RE: RE: Leitner’s visit?]
    Sylvain Bellamy x1 [Test Subject] His office is next to yours, you may miss this initially because you require a password or hacking to access it.
    Jason Chang x1 [Keycode Changed]
    Morgan Yu x3 [YOU MADE IT, ?, Do Not Disturb]
    Sara Elazar x4 [Need Security Escort, Something’s On the Station, Ilyushin, Missing Keycard]
    Security Station x4 [HELP!, Help!, Help!, Morgan Yu’s Office Keypad]
    Elias Black x1 [Yuri]
    Thomas Tucker x3 [Good News, Hunter Hale, FW: Theif]
    Yuki Kimura x1 [Exports]
    Security Station (Trauma Center) x2 [RE: RE: NSP Booster Shots?, INCOMING CASUALTIES]
    Mathias Kohl x2 [Have my people been coming to see you?, RE: Trevor Young]
    Regina Sellers x2 [RE: RE: RE: Patient Access Request, RE: RE: NSP Booster Shots?]
    Hendrik DeVries x2 [Morgan’s Psych Evals, Subject for quarantine.]You can access his office early by using the GLOO gun and some Foam Bolts to rebound into the door button through the window. His keycode is on his body which can be found in the lobby elevator area on the Arboretum level (where you fight a Technopath).


    Hardware Labs

    There are 3 Computers here that you may miss, to access them you need to go to the Hardware Labs Hull Breach in the Exterior and repair the broken Breach Failsafe. When you return to the hardware labs the doors for the Beams & Waves Room will now be open. The Blackbox Project computer shouldn't count as it has no emails on it (only 2 files) but you can access it by finding Josh Dalton (The Blackbox Project side quest, which you should receive my reading the other emails in the area.

    Hope Ellis x2 [You’re my only Hope, Demo Delay]
    Jorgen Thorstein x2 [My New Reployer, Part Requisition]
    Thaddeus York x3 [Eyes and Ears, Did you lose this?, You’re in Charge]
    Group: Small Scale Testing x3 [You Win, If you need supplies , “Gloo” Test Results]
    Ballistics Lab x2 [Unknown Material, Recycler Charge Fab Plan]
    Clive Lawrence x3 [The Huntress is ready, Missing Operator Parts, RE: Fabricator Malfunction]
    Mary Malinaro x2 [Warning! Radiation, Assassin League]
    Franklin Goode x2 [RE: Bolt Effectiveness, Psychotronic Satellite]
    Josh Dalton x2 [RE: Canceled Forever, RE: Workplace Greivance]
    Lane Carpenter x2 [Blackbox Shipment, RE: FW: Thief]
    Lorenzo Calvino x3 [RE: Custom Travel Mug, RE: Scale Modification Request, Looking Glass Technical Specs]
    The Blackbox Project x2 [Blackbox Project, Q-Beam Fabrication Plan]


    Talos I Exterior

    Mikhaila Ilyushin x2 [RE: Have you seen Jean, See me] This computer is located in the Power Plant Hull Breach, however to power it up you will need to enter the Power Plant (from the Airlock is easiest) then follow the path and go up the Grav Shaft.
    You will see on your left the Breach Door and a broken electrical panel beside it, you need to repair the item below it (or find a new one in the area) and place it in the wall panel. If you've done it right you will see the lights turn on outside the Breach Door. Now when you go to the Hull Breach the laptop will have power.



    Psychotronics

    Security Station x1 [Apprehending Dr. Gallegos]
    Hans Kelstrup x4 [Time to talk, Tokaji’s injury, Telepath rejection, Status report: Tokaji and 37]
    Rory Manion x3 [RE: Mimic Theory, DomeTaker, Mystery Man]
    Helen Barker-Combs x3 [Status report: 37, RE: 37 Suicide Watch Update, Encephalectomy]
    Mitsuko Tokaji x2 [Didn’t Taste Like Chicken, RE: Implant mirror neurons in Typhons?]
    Annalise Gallegos x2 [Remember your mission, I’m an idiot]
    Demian Linn x2 [RE: I’m an idiot, Mod Malfunctions]


    G.U.T.S.

    Eric Berger x1 [RE: G.U.T.S. – Subsection 19]
    Laurel Davis x3 [Shield Generator Malfuction, Shut it down, RE: I’m Fine]
    Security Station x2 [FW: Josh Dalton MIA???, Shield Generator Malfunction]
    Cargo Processing x1 [Are you ready?]
    Brittany Lavalley x1 [Shuttle Bay Access]


    Arboretum

    Alex Yu x4 [RE: Missing Keycard, RE: Rogue Operator, No Subject, Results of Morgan Eval] You access this computer as part of the story but you can get there earlier by using the GLOO gun on the rocks and hacking into his Computer (his office is the big Apartment like building in the center of the area.


    Crew Quarters

    Security Station x4 [Intruder, A Basement in Space, Not Sparkling, New Gym Code]
    Alex Yu x4 [Trouble with Ilyushin, No Subject, Security Footage, Mikhaila Follow-Up]
    Sarah Elazar x4 [Need Security Escort, Something’s On the Station, Missing Keycard, Ilyushin]
    Hans Kelstrup x2 [Canned Pears, ARN’s]
    Will Mitchell x2 [Food request for Alex, RE: EMOTE Upgrade]
    Dayo Igwe x1 [RE: Meeting Gustav]
    Mikhaila Ilyushin x3 [We Should Meet Soon, Volunteer Data Access, RE:Door sensors in Psychotronics] (required to enter Mikhaila Ilyushin’s cabin)
    Sylvain Bellamy x1 [Morgan’s Solutions]
    Jorgen Thorstein x2 [My New Reployer, Part Requisition]
    Danielle Sho x3 [RE: My Password, Preparing for the Concert, Treasure Hunt]
    Abigail Foy x5 [Where are you? Are you OK? Please be there, Come find me, RE: Treasure Hunt]
    Emma Beatty x2 [Personal Training Session, Treasure Hunt]


    Deep Storage

    Zachary West x2 [RE: Freaky B, Treasure Hunt]
    Ivy Song x1 [Freaky B]
    Danielle Sho x3 [No Subject, RE: Rogue Operator, Treasure Hunt]

    Cargo Bay

    Cargo Processing x1 [RE: RE: Are you ready?]
    Gerald Wildman x2 [RE: Hazmat Transfer Today, Dr. Igwe Temporary Assignment]
    Gus Magill x3 [Exterior Door Welded, RE: Unresolved G.U.T.S. Incident, Catastrophic Accident Report]


    Life Support

    Security Station x3 [Priorities…, Corrective Action, Missing Engineer]
    Supply Depot x1 [Equipment Reminder]
    Jean Faure x1 [Precautions and Thanks]
    Price Broadway x2 [I care…, Working Under The Influence]
    Abigail Foy x1 [Harvesting Protocols]


    Power Plant

    Emmanuel Mendez x2 [RE: The escape pods…, RE: Duncan]
    Duncan Krassikoff x2 [RE: Thought you should know, RE: Unauthorized Tech]
    Matthew Connolly x4 [RE: Shipment Ready, RE: SuiTwo Test, RE: A little help, RE: DomeTaker]
    Lan Nguyen x2 [You want in?, RE: Faulty grounding resistor]


    Shuttle Bay

    Security Station x1 [Help!]
    Mia Bayer x3 [RE: Cut Off, Re-Stock, Windows]
    Frank Jones x3 [Escape, RE: Lunch?, Pod Repairs]
    Scott Parker x2 [Get your shit together, [Draft] Help]
    Walther Dahl x1 [CAMAZOTZ] (Will not spawn until Dahl reaches Talos I)


    Talos I Bridge

    Skye Braxton x1 [New People]
    Penny Tennyson x3 [Where are you?, RE: Readings Around Talos, Izumi’s Surprise Birthday Party]
    Jada Marks x2 [Shuttle “Advent”, Are you there?]

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    Leo AscendentNot sure, but this MAY carry across playthroughs? I unlocked after viewing the "Help" email in the Shuttle Area, despite finding several unread emails afterwards (assuming the number in the parenthesis by the email option on a terminal is unread emails). Or maybe its buggy. Not sure (and I just noticed the Bugged+ icon, so yeah)
    Posted by Leo Ascendent on 25 Aug 19 at 21:09
    Bridge188Same as Equinox Blue above, I have just popped this reading the last emails in the power plant. Haven't been to the bridge or shuttle bay yet...
    Posted by Bridge188 on 03 Jan 20 at 23:49
    Gilbert PrimeList is missing "Quarantine Subject" on Hendrik DeVries' computer which contains the access code for the Quarantine room. This is separate from the "Subject for quarantine" email on the same computer.
    It's clear by Arkane later adding Story mode and nerfing most of the collectible achievements that they took a lot of heat for the annoying aspects of this game. I got really fed up with constantly scrolling past pointless stats (who the hell cares about 'Enemies Killed by Falling'?) several dozen times to check my various counts toward the collectibles.
    Posted by Gilbert Prime on 05 Dec 22 at 21:06
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  • Alice2183Alice2183
    11 May 2017 29 Jul 2017
    This is a guide to fully complete the game Prey. I will be showing you how to obtain all of the game's achievements and trophies, including the collectibles for: Press Sneak, Missing Persons, Psychometry, Dear Future Self, Black Market, and TranStar Gourmand. I'll also show you how to save and kill everyone (in separate playthroughs of course) for I and It, Do No Harm, and I and Thou. In the first playthrough, I'll be showing you all of the collectibles, all miscellaneous achievements, and completing the game with no kills and in the "most empathetic" way as well as using no Neuromods for the No Needles achievement/trophy.

    Afterward, I will show you where to find all of the crewmates on your second playthrough and how best to kill them for I and It and Awkward Ride Home.

    **Note that for Split Affinity, you will need to reload at the end of your first playthrough and use one Typhon neuromod, then complete the last few seconds again to get that to count as your first playthrough. Then, complete your second playthrough in a new campaign slot, and make sure that you only use human neuromods throughout that playthrough.

    For the I and It playthrough, be sure to keep saves outside of major areas so that you can reload if any NPCs die without you having personally killed them. There will be 42 people you need to kill, so keep checking your tracker to make sure that the count adds up.

















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    Jonny1872Followed your guide for all the achievements. Excellent guide and keep up the good work Dormouse 03
    Posted by Jonny1872 on 30 Sep 17 at 12:46
    Alice2183@ Jonny1872 Thanks for the support! Glad that these helped you out, and congrats on the completion!
    Posted by Alice2183 on 30 Sep 17 at 14:54
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