Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationNo screenshot of They're Not Sleeping yet. This one shows Deacon St. John (Bend Studio / PlayStation).
They're Not Sleeping
A 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.
- Type
- Story
- Region
- Cascade
- Rewards
- 3,000 XP, Residue Bolt recipe
Storylines
Part 2 of 13 in Finding NERO
Part 2 of 27 in I Remember
Good to know
- Stay out of sight. This is a stealth follow, not a fight.
- Researcher Field Note 2000 is added to your collectibles during the mission, and Field Note 2055 can be picked up after.
- Finishing it turns on the radio broadcasts The Dead Can't Speak and The Black Helicopters.
- A new conversation with Jezzy opens up at Copeland's Camp afterward.
What happensSpoilerShow
NERO is not here to help anyone. The researchers are studying Freakers in the field. They also mention O'Brian by name, the man Deacon remembers taking Sarah onto the chopper the night Farewell burned.
Objectives
1. Follow the NERO researcher. 2. Eavesdrop on the researcher. 3. Get back to your bike.
Tips
Inside the cave, the way up to the second level is on the right.
- Researcher Field Note - 2000Researcher Field Note 2000 is a NERO recording about a huge Horde sleeping in the High Desert Grotto. You get it automatically during the story mission They're Not Sleeping.
- The Black HelicoptersThe Black Helicopters is broadcast 12 of 20 on Radio Free Oregon, Mark Copeland's conspiracy show. It starts airing after the story mission They're Not Sleeping.
- The Dead Can't SpeakThe Dead Can't Speak is broadcast 6 of 20 on Radio Free Oregon, Mark Copeland's conspiracy show. It starts airing after the story mission They're Not Sleeping.
- Researcher Field Note - 2000Researcher Field Note 2000 is a NERO recording about a huge Horde sleeping in the High Desert Grotto. You get it automatically during the story mission They're Not Sleeping.
- Researcher Field Note - 2055Researcher Field Note 2055 is a NERO Intel log in the northeast Cascade wilderness. A researcher confirms that Freaker nest residue is a drug to uninfected people.
Related missions
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStoryMaking Contact
You 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.
Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStoryThere's Nothing You Can Do
The 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.
- Image: Bend Studio / PlayStationStory
Moments of Lucidity
O'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.
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On Herod's Birthday
O'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.