After learning all of this, Isaac is initially abandoned on the Ishimura to die. The USM Valor (the ship that was intercepted by necromorph Chen) was supposed to assist Daniels in this effort, helping her extract the marker from the ship. The government eventually caught wind of the Unitologists' attempt to retrieve the marker from Aegis VII and decided to prevent their efforts. This is why Aegis VII was under quarantine. Back when humanity discovered the first marker, they realised the artifacts had otherworldly properties worth studying, so they made copies and shipped them off to other planets for experiments. It turns out Daniels was tasked with retrieving the marker from the Ishimura, with her employers wanting to cover up its existence.Īccording to Daniels, the red marker was actually built by humans and is a direct copy of the black marker found on earth hundreds of years prior. However, when he arrives, Daniels murders Kyne and flies out of the hangar with the marker, revealing to Isaac that she's been working for the government all along. After loading the marker, Isaac fights his way back to the docking bay where he intends to fly down to Aegis VII with Kyne, Daniels and Nicole.

According to Kyne, the only way to defeat the monster is to seal it away using the marker, which becomes Isaac's goal. As Kyne told us earlier in the game, The Hive Mind is a gargantuan monster that was released after the Ishimura mined into the surface of Aegies VII.Īfter the Hive Mind was released, it got to work fast, killing the colonists and spreading the infection. Isaac takes down Mercer and his hunter, loads the marker onto a shuttle and prepares to fly out of the hangar towards Aegis VII, honouring his promise to Doctor Kyne that he'll use the marker to defeat The Hive Mind. Dead Space's ending truly begins during the final moments of Chapter 11.

Dead space story summary