Investigations Sector

Investigations Sector
Type	Sector
Location	Oldest House
Tenants	Federal Bureau of Control

The Investigations Sector is a sector of the Oldest House.

Description

The Investigations Sector was once the domain of the Federal Bureau of Control's Investigations Department, which conducted investigations of paranatural phenomena (such as Altered World Events and paracriminals), and had oversight authority over all members of the FBC itself including the Director. The Head of Investigations was William Kirklund.

In 2017, Emil Hartman, who had been apprehended by the FBC and imprisoned in the Investigations Sector after he merged with the Dark Presence, inexplicably escaped containment after the FBC brought Alice Wake in for questioning in relation to the Bright Falls AWE, and rampaged across the sector. Kirklund and several other members of the department escaped to the sector lobby across the Firebreak and sealed off the sector's main area behind them, but dozens of FBC agents and huge volumes of important files were left behind. The trapped agents could be heard begging for the Firebreak doors to be opened until Hartman got to them. Director Zachariah Trench, by then already under the influence of The Hiss and upset with Kirklund's investigations into the Prime Candidate Program and his own erratic behavior, held Kirklund responsible for the incident.

The Investigations Department was left severely diminished, and had to make do with insufficient staff and resources. It was also forced to operate entirely in the cramped sector lobby despite making multiple requests to relocate to new offices, implied to be because Trench was intent on marginalizing Kirklund. Kirklund finally resigned from the FBC in 2019, and Chief Investigator Remy Denis was appointed interim department head.

When the Hiss invasion in October 2019 eventually reached into the Investigations Sector, the Hiss resonance merged with Dark Presence that had already possessed Hartman, twisting his body into a hybrid of the two paranatural forces. Director Jesse Faden ventured into the sector after receiving visions from Alan Wake and unsealed it, unaware of the lurking threat. Frederick Langston remotely helped her navigate the Investigations Sector to hunt Hartman down before he could reach the rest of the Oldest House.

Areas

• Sector Head Office
• Sealed Firebreak
  • Abandoned Offices
  • Operations Corridor
  • Operations Center
• Active Investigations
  • Eagle Limited AWE Entrance
    • Utility Corridor
    • A/C Systems
    • Service Vents
    • Eagle Limited AWE
    • Shifted Passage
    • AWE Transit Bay
  • Fra Mauro AWE Entrance
    • Observation Deck
    • Lower Access
    • Shifted Offices
    • AWE Loading Bay
    • Loading Bay Vents
    • Fra Mauro AWE
    • Service Ducts
  • Bright Falls AWE

Map

Investigations Sector Map

Hidden Locations

1. From Active Investigations, take the elevator up to the Eagle Limited AWE areas. When you exit the elevator room, drop down to ground level and behind you, turn around to observe a picture hanging on the wall. The wall here is destructible; the hidden location is just behind it.
2. In the Observation Deck, the elevator shaft to the left can be entered by removing all the debris blocking it with Launch. Dropping into the shaft will mark the hidden location as discovered, and a yellow supply crate can be found at the bottom. From the shaft, Emil Hartman will then appear outside and attempt to reach inside. He will then move away, and will not be encountered after entering the Transit Tunnel.
3. Directly inside the entrance area of the Shifted Offices; look up to see a stairway which can be reached using Levitate and float up to either the stairs or the shifted alcove above it. There is a yellow supply crate in the corner of the alcove.
4. In the Abandoned Offices, the far left office rooms has a breakable wall that Jesse can break which leads into another office room which doorway was blocked by office equipment. Entering will reveal a loot-box.
5. ...

Trivia

The transport hallway east of the junction in the southwest corner of the Eagle Limited AWE can be accessed by jumping out of a window in the utility corridor above. This area references the Movie Camera boss fight which takes place in The Foundation: A train flatbed can be found along with a floodlight, which can be activated to illuminate the area in blue. There is a radio on the train flatbed which plays the music heard during the fight.

Achievements and trophies

The following achievement and trophy is connected to this sector.

Icon	Achievement/trophy	Score	Rank
	Chief Investigator Find 80% of the hidden locations in the Investigations Sector	15	Bronze

Gallery

Vending machines all over the place: Abandoned Offices, near Service Tunnel ...

... and on the Observation Deck