Finding NERO
Finding NERO is the storyline about the National Emergency Response Organization and what its researchers are still doing in Oregon. Deacon keeps running into NERO scientists, led by James O'Brian, and wants to know why they are out there.
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- Storyline
Good to know
- It has 13 missions, starting with Bugged The Hell Out and ending with There's Nothing You Can Do.
- It rewards the Residue Bolt recipe along the way.
- At 100% it unlocks the Finding NERO Custom Accent and a NERO weapon, the IPCA Stun Gun.
- Its missions run alongside I Remember, since O'Brian is tied to Deacon's search for answers about Sarah.
What it's about
NERO helicopters keep showing up two years after everyone thought the government was gone. You spy on landing zones, chase a black chopper and track down O'Brian to learn why NERO researchers are studying Freakers.
Worth knowing
The last mission, There's Nothing You Can Do, only unlocks after the credits, when O'Brian gets in touch with Deacon.
How it endsSpoilerShow
O'Brian asks to meet at a NERO landing zone near the Pioneer Cemetery. He warns Deacon the virus is changing, then takes off his helmet to show he has become a thinking Freaker. He admits NERO knew about the virus from the start and leaves on a NERO helicopter.
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Bugged The Hell OutBugged The Hell Out is an early story mission. Boozer's arm is badly burned, so Deacon heads to a NERO checkpoint to search its mobile medical unit for sterile bandages. - 2
They're Not SleepingA NERO helicopter has landed in the Cascade region. You sneak into the landing zone, tail a NERO researcher into a cave and listen in on what they are doing, then get back to your bike. - 3What Did You Do?You ride up to the abandoned NERO refugee camp in Belknap and clear the Freakers out of it. Then you leave a Stonecrop flower at Sarah's memorial stone.
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Searching for SomethingDeacon spots a NERO black helicopter and gives chase. You follow it on your bike, then fight off the threat at the landing site to take a NERO radio. - 5
Making ContactYou have spotted a NERO landing zone and want answers. You sneak in, follow the agent O'Brian away from his team and confront him about the night Sarah left on his helicopter. - 6It's On A MissionO'Brian sends you after another NERO field research team near Lost Lake. You ride out and listen in while a researcher studies the Freakers.
- 7On Herod's BirthdayO'Brian wants more NERO data, so Deacon tracks a NERO field research team in the Lost Lake region. You tag their helicopter with a GPS tracker and watch the researcher at work.
- 8Moments of LucidityO'Brian has another job for you near Lost Lake. You find a NERO field team, put a GPS tracker on their helicopter and spy on the researcher.
- 9You Twisted My ArmO'Brian has one last spying job for you in Lost Lake. You take Boozer along, park outside a NERO landing zone and sneak in to watch one of their researchers at work.
- 10You Could Have Done MoreO'Brian wants another meeting, so you ride out in Lost Lake to hear what he has found out about Sarah. Boozer comes along and waits at the bike while you talk.
- 11Why Am I Here?O'Brian wants another meeting, and you ride out in the Lost Lake region to find him. This time he has news about what happened to Sarah after that night in Farewell.
- 12What It Takes To SurviveYou need O'Brian's help to get Sarah off Wizard Island by air, so you ride out to meet him. He sends you into the Ice Wind Lava Cave to find Cooper, and the job gets much bigger from there.
- 13There's Nothing You Can DoThe secret ending. After the credits, O'Brian gets in touch and asks to meet you in person at a NERO landing zone by the Pioneer Cemetery. You ride out to hear what he has to say.
Related missions
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- Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStoryline
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